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0088 Sino-Siberian Art : vol.1
中国・シベリアの芸術品 : vol.1
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doi: 10.20676/00000242
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Finnish (9) and Scandinavian (I o) soil. It is significant that Arne considers the examples from the latter country an importation from the Baltic provinces north of Russia. In Finland as well as in Scandinavia, the date, in part reached by the discovery of coins, is about i000. This date corresponds very well with that of the chain-holder of north China which should be of the same period (Plate XXXI no. 1). It is composed of a tiger with back-turned head standing on two short serpents. In front of the neck where usually there is a hook, is a large loop. The heart-shaped ear, the curled upper lip, and the collar, should be considered reminders of the ancient Chinese art of the III century B.C. On the other hand the beaded edge, the rosettes on the joints, and the ribbon around the middle of the body agree with the conventions of the late period. One should notice in particular that part of the background has been left although it has nothing to do with the composition. The artist forgot to clean his bronze after the casting. The general design is nothing but an adaptation of the plaque of Plate XIX no. 4, combined with a chain. We also find the roe, familiar to us from the study of belt-hooks (Plate XIX no. 7), here used as a ring-holder from which the chain was probably attached (Plate XXXI no. a). The way in which the body is treated makes it impossible for this object to be later than its parallel, that is, it should be dated about the end of the I millennium. The same remarks hold good for Plate XXXI no. 3. Once more we find reminders of the very characteristic forms of ancient China usually identified with Ch'in art. The fiat and engraved treatment of the animal-heads on the hook, the striped ribbons of the brows, as well as the geometric details in the middle of the bar, leave us in no doubt concerning the model. But the animals-heads which serve to hold the rings at the lower edge are very much farther away from ancient Chinese forms. It seems certain that the so called Ch'in style needs to be seriously studied in order to determine its limits in time and space. It is impossible to retain the narrow boundaries of the dates accepted today. In any event the chain-holder we have just described already proves the long duration of ornamental forms called Ch'in.

With Plate XXI no. 4 we find once more, above the rings, one of the commonest motives of our region. The ringed paws of the tiger, so simplified as to be unrecognisable, connects this piece with Minussinsk. This example is evidently a survival of that period after the year moo. But the tiger of Plate XXXII no. i, although it is less connected with Siberia, should be dated in the same way. The summary accentuation of the surface is dominated by the double spiral. Finally, with Plate XXXII no. a we reach an animal form above the rings that has completely degenerated and cannot be given a zoological determination. The last phase has been reached again, the beginning of the II millennium.

a) Separate pendants.

Under this heading we are placing all objects that by their form fall between