Japan : its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)
Dresser, Christopher · London : Longmans, Green : New York : Scribner and Welford · leaf 342
Fig. 149.—Unit of Orna-ment FORMING Cresting AROUND A HANGING LAN-TERN IN TOFUKUJI, NEAR Kioto. It consists of aball (the sun) resting onclouds. … Fig. 150.— Persian Orna-ment, derived from cloudforms. visits of missionaries, or other incidents, have had their influ-ence on the world, we should note those ornaments whichhave been derived from clouds, and probably owe their originto Central Asia. The head of the sceptre or baton (Fig. 148) has…
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