Sujet
Wine beaker (tsun), ancient Chinese, (1925). Artist: Unknown
Légende
Wine beaker (tsun), ancient Chinese, (1925). A taotie mask, with protuberant eyeballs, is arranged on either side of each of the three vertical ridges. Above each ridge is a head of the sacrificial victim, hsi. The two upper encircling bands are figured with the k'uei dragon. Spaces between the decorative elements are filled in with 'cloud and thunder' pattern. Pre-Han style, showing supposedley autochthonous Chinese art. A print from Chinese Art, Burlington Magazine Monographs, BT Batsford, Ltd, London, 1925.
The Print Collector collection
Date
1925
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19C54_416
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (1,9Mo) / 34,7cm x 36,1cm / 4104 x 4261 (300dpi)