L. Newton Hayes, The Chinese Dragon
The dragon-mounted bell
The pictured bell hangs inside a carved frame formed by dragons. Hayes describes three creatures in the supporting structure, another coiling across the bell and paired heads at the suspension loop. His caption identifies the frame as redwood with silver inlay and associates the loop’s creature with a variety of dragon offspring. The ornamental bodies also perform the practical work of bearing and suspending the instrument.
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In the sources
Supporting and suspending the bell
DocumentedHayes distinguishes the dragons of the support, the bell’s surface and its suspension loop.
Dragons as structural parts
InterpretationThe design combines animal ornament with the object’s structural supports.
Context & interpretation
The illustration and accompanying passage on the cited page of The Chinese Dragon.
Original passages
Source 1
The Chinese Dragon
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Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Illustration and accompanying passage
Quotation and accompanying passage individually checked against the exact original page image. Line breaks and line-end hyphenation normalised. Caption small capitals normalised to title case.
- Edition
- IMJ-0474-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0474-E001-P0045
- Original scan leaf
- 49
- Recorded leaf number
- 49
- Current Reader position
- 40
- Reader verification
- Matches the reviewed Reader
