Gyanyin goddess: two bronze figures - two different stories

The first of these stories is connected with the name of Kazimierz Grochowski (1873 - 1937), the forgotten Polish geologist, archeologist, traveller and writer, to whom I owe my long-standing interest in the history of East Asia. He was a director of the Polish Gymnasium in Harbin (North-East China,...

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Published in:Art of the Orient
Main Author: Kajdański, Edward 1925-2020 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Torun Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek 2014
In: Art of the Orient
Year: 2014, Volume: 3, Pages: 25-40
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Summary:The first of these stories is connected with the name of Kazimierz Grochowski (1873 - 1937), the forgotten Polish geologist, archeologist, traveller and writer, to whom I owe my long-standing interest in the history of East Asia. He was a director of the Polish Gymnasium in Harbin (North-East China, Manchuria at that time) where I was born and where I received my secondary and high-school education. Grochowski also used to teach us the history and geography of the Far East and was a patron of our Polish Oriental Circle (Polskie Koło Wschodoznawcze), which he established in the frame of his educational work. I would like to recall a short outline of his biography. [...]
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ISSN:2658-1671
Contains:Enthalten in: Art of the Orient
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.11588/ao.2014.0.8752
URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-ao-87528