. Chinese clay figures. Sculpture -- China; Arms and armor, Chinese; China -- Antiquities. 212 Chinese Clay Figures is made of armor fabricated from forged copper (tuan kin wei kia); that, however, on close examination, the employment of the latter is still much ; 1 We shall not be far wrong in concluding that the metal pieces em- ployed for the reinforcement of armor in the period of the Anterior. Fig. 32. Sketches of Helmets (from T'u shu tsi ch'ing which reproduced them from Wu pet chi), representing the Tradition of the Ming Period. 1 The expression "to forge defensive
. Chinese clay figures. Sculpture -- China; Arms and armor, Chinese; China -- Antiquities. 212 Chinese Clay Figures is made of armor fabricated from forged copper (tuan kin wei kia); that, however, on close examination, the employment of the latter is still much ; 1 We shall not be far wrong in concluding that the metal pieces em- ployed for the reinforcement of armor in the period of the Anterior. Fig. 32. Sketches of Helmets (from T'u shu tsi ch'ing which reproduced them from Wu pet chi), representing the Tradition of the Ming Period. 1 The expression "to forge defensive armor" {tuan kia) occurs in Shi ki, Ch. 112, in the biography of Chu-fu Yen (compare P'ei win yiinfu, Ch. 106, p. 56 b). In the age of the Three Kingdoms (221-277) metal armor, for which copper or iron was utilized, was firmly established, as we see from the life of the famous General Chu-ko Liang (San kuo chi, Wu chi, Ch. 19, p. 1 b), who lived from 181 to 234 (see Giles, Biographical Dictionary, p. 180). In Tsin shu and Sung shu, metal armor is fre- quently mentioned. An iron mask (Vie mien) for the protection of the face is first mentioned as being employed in the period Yung-kia (307-313 ) by General Chu Ts'e (styled Chung-w§n) in the battle of Hia-k'ou, in Han-yang fu, Hu-pei Province (Tsin shu, Ch. 81, p. 6).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Laufer, Berthold, 1874-1934. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History
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