Collier, V. W. F. [from old catalog] · New York, Stokes · leaf 178
ldry. f The inaccuracies, moreover, are partly Indian. The conventionalized lion ofIndian art betrays its anterior Asiatic character, particularly in the arrangement ofthe mane. A series of lion-like animals appear in art as early as the Asoka period.Especially these conventionalized lions became… … -^-A RECENT PAINTING OF LIONS (POPULAR TYPE) BY THE FAMOUS PAINTER REN HSUN DOGS OF CHINA AND JAPAN or of its official inhabitant, and that in certain princelypalaces in Peking the door-guardians are, to use the termi-nology of heraldry, statant instead of sejant, the latter beingthe customary…
Dogs · Animals in art · Art, Chinese
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