Jade : a study in Chinese archaeology and religion (1912)
Laufer, Berthold, 1874-1934 · Chicago : Field Museum of Natural History · leaf 335
FEB., 1912. JADE. 231 adjoining the upper and right-hand edges,— and for the bold and unconventional treatment of the design expressed in the wooing of the two happy creatures, — the one biting the tail of the other.’ It is a Fic. 140. b Jade Girdle-Pendant, Upper and Lower Faces, Playing Hydras… … evident that the ‘‘loveplay of nature’ is brought out with supreme volition in these designs as well as in those of the paired fishes and 1The Chinese comment tersely utters the two words kiao yu, ‘‘they get ready for cohabitation.”
Jade -- China -- History
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