Collier, V. W. F. [from old catalog] · New York, Stokes · leaf 164
LIONS IN BLACKWOOD, PEKING To face p. loo THE CHINESE LION like beasts included in Oriental mythology. Figures of thekind are invariably in pairs, one of which, the male, has itsright pad set upon a ball of coarse embroidered pattern, whilethe left pad of the female rests upon a lion-cub holding…
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