Laufer, Berthold, 1874-1934 · Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History · leaf 62
lanzenbilder auf Munzen und Gemmen, Plates V, 52; XXII, 33-36). History of the Rhinoceros 125 It was the great general and explorer Chang Kien, the first modernChinese, who during his peregrinations to the west, among many othernovel things, discovered also the ostrich for his compatriots. After… … Fig. 15.Ostrich sculptured in Stone, Tang Period (Sketch after Chavannes, Mission, No. 472). specimen (or specimens) of the large bird of Tiao-chi was despatchedas tribute from the same country in 101 a.d., and termed in ChinaParthian bird.2 They are not made after any western artistic models, but…
Sculpture -- China · Arms and armor, Chinese · China -- Antiquities
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