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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure EAA-chi-016. Mythological turtle appearing from the flooding waters of the Luo river and carrying the bagua trigrams on its carapace, surrounded by twelve animals of the zodiac, including long (?) dragon and she snake. |
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Artist/Workshop: | Historical/Art Period, Date: |
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| Bronze | Miniature relief (Mirror, back side, cast decoration, detail) |
Unknown | Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD) (?) |
TBD | Luoyang Museum, Luoyang, Inven- tory № ? |
| Source-Image(s): The image(s) is/are from Alexei Alexeev's personal photo archive (The First Chinese Expedition, 29 August - 1 October 2011). All artefacts will be available for viewing in the Compendium's respective volumes after the completion of the fully integrated iconographic database. Some of the artefacts will be represented by several figures (offering a general view and details). |
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