Bronzes de la Chine impériale des Song aux Qing. Préhistoire while remaining faithful to this

while remaining faithful to this world of myths and legends that he knew so well

several of the studies undertaken were completed and it seemed appropriate to bring them together now in a first publication

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On its clay tablets

Bronzes de la Chine impériale des Song aux Qing. Préhistoire while remaining faithful to thisChinese antiquity has served as a model for generations of craftsmen and artists, who have drawn from it styles, themes, and motifs. In no other field than that of bronze has this presence of the past been so strongly manifested. The considerable role of rites derived from ancient religion in the Confucian empire largely explains this phenomenon of resurgence. At the end of the 19th century, Henri Cernuschi was one of the first European collectors to