The decorative periods . KIG. F FIG. CHINESE—JAPANESE Chinese—MYTHIC teriod 3500 n. b. c. ; first emperor 2200 B. C. (CONFUCIUS 500 B. C.) Japanese—1200 B. A. D.—empire 660 Tin: Chinese decorative arts date back to 3500 B. C. This wasthe Mythic Period. Confucius was 3000 years later. Thecharacteristics which we are called to deal with are of that formof color and design best expressed under the first Emperor, 22cx>B. C, and have lasted for over 4000 years. when or how these design qualities became intro-duced into the Chinese crafts is of little con
The decorative periods . KIG. F FIG. CHINESE—JAPANESE Chinese—MYTHIC teriod 3500 n. b. c. ; first emperor 2200 B. C. (CONFUCIUS 500 B. C.) Japanese—1200 B. A. D.—empire 660 Tin: Chinese decorative arts date back to 3500 B. C. This wasthe Mythic Period. Confucius was 3000 years later. Thecharacteristics which we are called to deal with are of that formof color and design best expressed under the first Emperor, 22cx>B. C, and have lasted for over 4000 years. when or how these design qualities became intro-duced into the Chinese crafts is of little consequence. Wc knowthat we find many of the details that we look upon as essentiallyGrecian, like the Greek fret, in Chinese design, antedating theGreek by hundreds of years. We notice also, especially in thefloral work of the Chinese, a very great deal that is similar tothat which has been perpetuated in the early Indian work. There is a close affinity between the design workers of Indiaand China, due possibly to
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