Collier, V. W. F. [from old catalog] · New York, Stokes · leaf 310
blessedness also exists, for the first halfof the Chinese character for the word pigeon introducesthe connotation * fit or appropriate in the sense of well-matched. Shortly before 1891 the Empress Dowagers chief eunuch,Yin Liu by name, lost his three favourite Pekingese dogsby a fire which… … PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE FROM PEKINGSHIH-TZU KUN HSIU CHIU.LION ROLLS EMBROIDERED BALL
Dogs · Animals in art · Art, Chinese
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