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Bulling, A.

The Meaning of China's Most Ancient Art. An Interpretation of Pottery Patterns from Kansu [Ma Ch'ang and Pan-Shan] and Their Development in the Shang, Chou and Han Periods

Leiden, the Netherlands E. J. Brill 1952, First edition. Octavo. 150pp. Illustrated with 8 photographic plates and 87 further text photographs and drawings. Notes, Bibliography and Index. Blue cloth, gilt. A fine and clean copy. A superb monograph discussing various design elements on ancient Chinese pottery including circles and spirals; triangles; lozenge patterns; tree and anthropomorphic patterns; tree-rites; constellation-myths and gods; etc.

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