Toy soliders

yokhua · Post by **yokhua** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:42 pm

Parts of a handscroll (line deawing on papper) by Chen Ji-Zhi (陳及之 1285~1320)
The tittle"Meeting on the Bian-Qiao bridge for concluding a peace treaty"(便橋會盟圖卷)
Their bows are unstrung,covered by bow cover and in their bow quivers, above all they come for peace.

yokhua · Post by **yokhua** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:44 pm

funny! this is the costume I wear on my archery demo clip on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZGG-b6dUdk
Sadly, no head piece(幞頭) and boots on my clip.. Ha!

Bede · Post by **Bede** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:50 pm

It is interesting that unlike the Tang paintings of closed quivers, these ones are quite small compared to the height of the figures. By the time of the painter, these quivers might not have been that common anymore. They may have been copied from earlier paintings. I have noticed that while closed quivers appear in paintings from the Mongol state in Iran contemporary Chinese paintings of Mongols rarely show them.