Art, Symbol & Imagination
Tsian Tang Offers the Carbuncle
A robed man extends a platter towards a plainly dressed visitor beneath a curtain decorated with a dragon. The original caption identifies Tsian Tang’s gift of a carbuncle upon red amber in the dragon-court episode.
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George W. Hood. "Tsian Tang Offers the Carbuncle" [editorial title]. In The Chinese Fairy Book, Richard Wilhelm; translated by Frederick H. Martens. Illustrated edition; frontispiece absent, undated edition. Source scan leaf 174. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0478-0174
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George W. Hood. Tsian Tang Offers the Carbuncle. The Chinese Fairy Book. Scan leaf 174. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0478-0174