Add to ORKGOne of a set of 11 girdle pendants, which would have been hung from clothing in traditional China. There is a various assortment of representations. This one represents Buddhist iconography as the older male figure surely seems to resemble a corpulent Buddha
This ivory carved sculpture probably represents the deity Guanyin. One will notice the lock that han...
This plain pendant differs from most pendants of the Qing period by its rendering of the archaic for...
Any medium of art can have ether a literal or a symbolic function; iconography is the study of both....
One of a set of 11 girdle pendants, which would have been hung from clothing in traditional China. ...
This small carved ivory object may be a pendant or some other kind of ornament. It has been carved i...
This small ivory figurine shows a man holding a fish in his right hand and a pipe or large spoon in ...
The language of decoration is interpreted through the manifestation of the iconology of the artifact...
This Chinese ivory carving probably depicts one of the Eight Immortals, Lan Caihe, an 8th century Ta...
The Chinese tendency to express the artistic skill and particular meaning related to microcosmic pre...
This ivory carving is a belt buckle with a relief design. If one looks at the back of the object, h...
Portrait sculpture in Japan has been mainly concerned with representation of great and noble priests...
The interpretation of early Buddha images with a crown has long been a source of debate. Many schola...
The altruistic aspect of Mahayana Buddhism is well expressed in this magnificent ivory sculpture-in-...
This is a study of aniconic Buddhist art in India and China that refers back to the iconoclasm (Bild...
This ivory carved sculpture probably represents the deity Guanyin. One will notice the lock that han...
This plain pendant differs from most pendants of the Qing period by its rendering of the archaic for...
Any medium of art can have ether a literal or a symbolic function; iconography is the study of both....
One of a set of 11 girdle pendants, which would have been hung from clothing in traditional China. ...
This small carved ivory object may be a pendant or some other kind of ornament. It has been carved i...
This small ivory figurine shows a man holding a fish in his right hand and a pipe or large spoon in ...
The language of decoration is interpreted through the manifestation of the iconology of the artifact...
This Chinese ivory carving probably depicts one of the Eight Immortals, Lan Caihe, an 8th century Ta...
The Chinese tendency to express the artistic skill and particular meaning related to microcosmic pre...
This ivory carving is a belt buckle with a relief design. If one looks at the back of the object, h...
Portrait sculpture in Japan has been mainly concerned with representation of great and noble priests...
The interpretation of early Buddha images with a crown has long been a source of debate. Many schola...
The altruistic aspect of Mahayana Buddhism is well expressed in this magnificent ivory sculpture-in-...
This is a study of aniconic Buddhist art in India and China that refers back to the iconoclasm (Bild...
This ivory carved sculpture probably represents the deity Guanyin. One will notice the lock that han...
This plain pendant differs from most pendants of the Qing period by its rendering of the archaic for...
Any medium of art can have ether a literal or a symbolic function; iconography is the study of both....