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Identifier: internationalstu75newy (find matches)
Title: International studio
Year: 1897 (1890s)
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Subjects: Art Decoration and ornament
Publisher: New York
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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The ritual vase representing an owl, here repro-duced, is a very rare example of bronze art inChou style, (1122-255 B. C.) and is of surprisingapplication and expression. The first Chinesecarvings of which we have specimens were bas-reliefs on slabs in hard stone forming the innerwalls of the sepulchres of personages of highstanding. They are keenly sought after and theCernuschi Museum owns some of great interest.They represent alternately mythological scenes, historical events and FIGURE OF A RABBIT . . ■ porcelain : sung dvnasty ceremonials, hunting (Collection oj Mme. Langweil) Scenes Or SCeneS of four eighteen AUGUST 1922 inceRnACionAL
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battle and comprise all kinds F,GURE OF A HORS? IN ENAMELLED genius for sculpture. Writing Lid l lie, till lac an mu TERRA-COTTA : T ANG DYNASTY of animals, but particularly tCo„ec(ion oJ ComU d-AndienS) on the subject in an important horses, which play so important French standard work, ana part in the life of warriors and in feudal times, authority assigned these eight words to it: Laexecuted with wonderful elegance and vigor. sculpture vraiment chinoise, eest le magot andBut these bas-reliefs are not exclusively repre- no more. Yet-the beautiful sculptures repre-sentative of Han sculpture, for the round was senting elephants, camels, horses and warriorsalso practiced. The beautiful ram lent by Mr. Loo which have been mounting guard over the tombsshows sufficiently what magnificent artists the of the Ming Emperors these last five hundredChinese were at this period. Its style and power years, never were buried and are at least familiarare extraordinary and may be put on a line with

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