 | William Frederick Mayers - China - 1874 - 470 pages
...Crane, (Gfrus montignesia, Bonaparte; the Manchnrian Crane of ornithologists). Next to the Feng, qv, this bird is the most celebrated in Chinese legends,...which it is endowed with many mythical attributes. It is reputed as the patriarch of the feathered tribe, and the aerial courser of the immortals: There... | |
 | Tiffany Studios - Rugs - 1907 - 168 pages
...bands of solid color complete the border. [No. 4357— 17x47] Ho, the crane. Next to the Feng (phoenix) this bird is the most celebrated in Chinese legends,...which it is endowed with many mythical attributes. — MAYEBS. The stork (Ho) is one of the commonest emblems of longevity. It is said to reach a fabulous... | |
 | Tiffany Studios - Rugs - 1907 - 174 pages
...of solid color complete the border. [No. 4357 — i7xi7] Ho, the crane. Next lo the Feng (phoenix) this bird is the most celebrated in Chinese legends, in which it is endowed ivith many mythical attributes. — MATERS. The stork (Ho) is one of the commonest emblems of longevity.... | |
 | William Giuseppi Gulland - Porcelain - 1911 - 568 pages
...after two thousand years to turn black." Mayers, p. 52 : " Ho, the crane. Next to the ßng (phoenix), this bird is the most celebrated in Chinese legends,...which it is endowed with many mythical attributes. It is reputed as the l>atriarch of the feathered tribe, and the aerial courser of the immortals. There... | |
 | William Giuseppe Gulland - Porcelain - 1911 - 566 pages
...after two thousand years to turn black." Mayers, p. 52 : " Ho, the crane. Next to thefeng (phoenix), this bird is the most celebrated in Chinese legends,...which it is endowed with many mythical attributes. It is reputed as the patriarch of the feathered tribe, and the aerial courser of the immortals. There... | |
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Next to thefeng (phoenix), this bird is the most celebrated in Chinese legends, in which it is endowed with many mythical attributes. It is reputed as the patriarch of the feathered tribe, and the aerial courser of the immortals. There are said to be... 