Oriental ceramic art : illustrated by examples from the collection of W.T. Walters : with one hundred and sixteen plates in colors and over four hundred reproductions in black and white (1897)
Bushell, Stephen W. (Stephen Wootton), 1844-1908, author, Laffan, William M., writer of preface, L. Prang & Co., lithographer, D. Appleton and Company, publisher · leaf 31
r the title of T’ien Hou, “ Empress of Heaven ” ; she appears riding upon the storm-clouds, or floating on the rough sea-waves, to direct her votaries in times of danger, and is liberally propitiated by ex veto offerings when they are once more safe on shore. The com¬ plaisant Taoists have even… … Arcades ambo , who take many forms, —Oblong Plaque painted in enamel colors, with a picture of the Eight Genii crossing the Sea. being represented sometimes as ragged mendicants, with staff and besom, in friendly converse, as they approach a priest who is ringing a monastery bell ; sometimes as a…
Walters, W. T. (William Thompson), 1819-1894 · Pottery, Chinese · Pottery, Japanese · Pottery, Korean · Pottery
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