. Chinese clay figures. Sculpture -- China; Arms and armor, Chinese; China -- Antiquities. Defensive Armor of the T'ang Period 293 was the famed Korean paper highly prized in China and Japan for its toughness and durability, and forming part of the annual tribute sent from Korea to Peking. In the treaty of 1637, concluded after the Manchu invasion, the figure was stipulated at five thousand rolls of large and small A good deal of Korean paper was utilized by ⢠'...' '. â¢â¢ I "I.,.".,,,.'«,,[*l 'â v '"â¢* '"M 9 .â ill!** f,ii\»* *»nj% (..4 >.';-;.'"&q
. Chinese clay figures. Sculpture -- China; Arms and armor, Chinese; China -- Antiquities. Defensive Armor of the T'ang Period 293 was the famed Korean paper highly prized in China and Japan for its toughness and durability, and forming part of the annual tribute sent from Korea to Peking. In the treaty of 1637, concluded after the Manchu invasion, the figure was stipulated at five thousand rolls of large and small A good deal of Korean paper was utilized by ⢠'...' '. â¢â¢ I "I.,.".,,,.'«,,[*l 'â v '"â¢* '"M 9 .â ill!** f,ii\»* *»nj% (..4 >.';-;.'"" i'-i"A-;""^\ J. .,.⢠.â..» K,. ,,.'.,âr â¢.,,.. 'â¢.»» i'y: y.:"r"- rvvv\ i I: .- '1 ». \ ' 'lull'" " ⢠'I '»ââ¢Â»'â¢â¢>.â¢; / â¢. '"Ill" '.. ;'.. »â 1 "â¢â » ;â . â -. *x; "> / 'Mm.' ', '<*;⢠â ⢠.'â¢' '%... Fig. 45. Paper Armor (from Wu pei chi). the tailors of the Chinese metropolis as lining for the coats of officials and gentlemen. It served also for the covering of window-frames. A sewed wad of from ten to fifteen thicknesses of it made a protective armor for the troops. It is said to have resisted a musket-ball, but not a 1 W. W. Rockhill, China's Intercourse with Korea, p. 25 (London, 1905). A notice on Korean paper is contained in the Wei lio (Ch. 12, p. 1 b). 2 W. E. Griffis, Corea, the Hermit Nation, p. 153 (New York, 1904). Paper and cotton armor still exist in southern China. Consul Bedloe (quoted above, p. 180) offers the following remarks on this subject: "Parallel to this alternating of leather and wool in the north was that of paper and cotton cloth in the south of China. It seems ridiculous to call such combinations armor, and yet they make an armor superior in many instances to steel. Thirty thicknesses of alternate calico and paper will resist a pistol bullet or one from a rifle at a dis
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