Japan & the Far East
Bronze Dragon of the Kang Hsi Period
Original caption: Bronze Dragon, Kang Hsi Period
A long scaled dragon curves through deeply worked clouds beside part of a bronze structure. Hayes identifies it with astronomical instruments made for the Kang Hsi emperor under the Jesuit astronomer Verbiest.
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Maker or photographer not identified. "Bronze Dragon of the Kang Hsi Period" [source caption]. In The Chinese Dragon, L. Newton Hayes. Third edition, 1923, 1923, The Commercial Press, Limited. Source scan leaf 7. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/chinese-dragon-003
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Maker or photographer not identified. Bronze Dragon of the Kang Hsi Period. The Chinese Dragon. Scan leaf 7. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/chinese-dragon-003