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Art. XIX.—Ancient Sculptures in China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

R. K. Douglas*
Affiliation:
Professor of Chinese at King's College, London.

Extract

Hitherto China has yielded few sculptured figures which can be regarded as of importance by students of comparative archæology. More than usual interest therefore attaches to a set of engravings collected in a Chinese work entitled Shih Soh (1806), in which are represented a series of sculptures which stand on the walls of the sacrificial temple of the Wu family in the neighbourhood of the district city of Kia-seang in the province of Shan-tung. These works of art were executed in A.D. 147, at the cost of the two sons of Wu Liang, whose sacrificial temple they were intended permanently to adorn.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1886

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