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Identifier: scienceguide7692amer (find matches)
Title: Guide leaflet
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: American Museum of Natural History Natural history
Publisher: New York : The Museum
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: IMLS / LSTA / METRO

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THE LOTUS An open carving in white jade showing the lotus, one of the eight auspicious signs, growing from a vase formed from one of its own pods. Whitlock Collection
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WHITE JADE GIRDLE PENDANTRepresenting a conventionalized dragonon the left, and a phojnix on the right.Both embody the Yang or male principle,and in this design support the disk of thesun. Whitlock Collection he the nebulous period that preceded theChow dynasty there occurred atremendous battle of the Gods in whichdemigods, Buddhas, and Immortals, notto mention fire dragons and other wonder-ful creatures, participated. It was anepic struggle, a sortof Chinese Siege ofTroy or Mahabha-rata in the courseof which Chun Ti,a Taoist warriormuch gifted in mag-ic, transformed hisadversary into a red,one-eyed peacockupon whose backhe rode through thesky to the WesternParadise. A littlejade carving, nolarger than a halfdollar depicts thisepisode with detailand fidelity, even tothe single eye of thepeacock. Disks of white jadesometimes shoWcarved in relief arabbit standing on itshind legs beside aconventionalized tree,engaged in poundingsomething in a mor-tar. The subject ofthis design emanatesfr

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no.76-92
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  • bookid:scienceguide7692amer
  • bookyear:1901
  • bookdecade:1900
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:American_Museum_of_Natural_History
  • booksubject:American_Museum_of_Natural_History
  • booksubject:Natural_history
  • bookpublisher:New_York___The_Museum
  • bookcontributor:American_Museum_of_Natural_History_Library
  • booksponsor:IMLS___LSTA___METRO
  • bookleafnumber:121
  • bookcollection:americanmuseumnaturalhistory
  • bookcollection:biodiversity
  • bookcollection:americana
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  • BHL Consortium
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