Chinese Porcelain, Nide 1Chapman & Hall, Limited, 1902 |
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13 inch appear bamboo beaker belong bird blue and white blue enamel blue lines blue rings blue rock border bottom bowl Brown edge Buddhist butterflies called céladon centre charm Chinese porcelain chrysanthemum colours covered cups decoration is marked Diameter diaper band diaper-work dish Doolittle dragon dress dynasty eight immortals emblem of longevity emperor face famille rose famille verte figures flange flowers four reserves gilt glaze green enamel Height incense inches Indian China Indian ink iron-red Jacquemart joo-e heads Keen-lung lady leaf lion lotus mandarin mandarin china medallions Middle Kingdom Ming Ming dynasty Ming porcelain neck neutral tint ornamented pæony painted pattern peach pink plaques polychrome probably prunus purple represented rocks scroll scroll-work seems shade shape side silk sometimes specimens sprays stand style symbols Taoist tree trellis-work unglazed usual vase ware white ground white plates white porcelain yellow
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Sivu 11 - Buddhism in China is decried by the learned, laughed at by the profligate, yet followed by all.
Sivu 95 - Eeale's aviary afforded a. .singular corroboration of the fidelity of the birds in question. Of a pair in that gentleman's possession, the drake being one night purloined by some thieves, the unfortunate duck displayed the strongest marks of despair at her bereavement, retiring into a corner, and altogether neglecting food and drink, as well as the care of her person.
Sivu 85 - A monstrous clay image of a cow is carried to the spot, containing or accompanied by hundreds of little similar images. After the field is ploughed it is broken up, and the pieces and small images are carried off by the crowd to scatter the powder on their own fields, in the hope of thereby insuring a good crop.
Sivu 14 - Many of the Chinese novels and romances which were written in the fifteenth century of our era, and some much earlier than that date, would contrast very advantageously, either as literary compositions, or as pictures of society, with their contemporaries of Europe. The Chinese at that period were long past the stage of civilization which gives birth only to apologues or extravagant fictions, and could relish representations of actual life, and of the complicated situations into which men are thrown...
Sivu 145 - The principal arms of the cavalry are bows and arrows, the bow being of elastic wood and horn combined, with a string of silk strongly twisted and wrought. The strength of their bows is estimated by the weight required to bend them, varying from about eighty pounds to a hundred weight.
Sivu 96 - ... from the widow. On the stolen drake being subsequently recovered, and restored to the aviary, the most extravagant demonstrations of joy were displayed by the fond couple. ' But this was not all, for, as if informed by his spouse of the gallant proposals made to her shortly before his arrival, the drake attacked the luckless bird who would have supplanted him, beat out his eyes, and inflicted so many injuries as to cause his death.
Sivu 33 - Even in dying he could scarcely bear to part with me, and his fast words were these: ' My dear spouse, if you should hereafter think of marrying again,* I conjure you to wait at least until the earth of my grave is entirely dry ; after which you have my sanction to espouse whom you please.
Sivu 145 - At the first examination before the district magistrate, they are exercised in the practice of archery, standing; they are examined in regard to their proficiency in shooting at a mark, each one shooting three arrows. At the second examination before this official they are exercised in the practice of archery on horseback. In like manner they are required to shoot three arrows at a mark, but while the horse is running. At the third examination they are all exercised with large swords, and with heavy...
Sivu 80 - The fong-hoang, a singular and immortal bird, lives in the highest regions of the air, and only approaches men to announce to them happy events and prosperous reigns. It is easily recognized by its carunculated head, its neck surrounded by silky feathers, and its tail partaking of the Argus pheasant and the peacock
Sivu 55 - as you wish," and is simply exchanged as a costly mark of friendship ; but that it had a religious origin seems indicated by the sacred flower of the Lotus (Nymphena nehimbo) being generally carved on the superior end.