Japan & the Far East
Crescent-Shaped Dragon Eaves Tile
Original caption: Dragon Eaves-Tile
A long dragon stretches across a crescent-shaped tile within a double raised border. The caption identifies a glazed porcelain eaves tile from an imperial temple roof at Peking.
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Citation
Maker or photographer not identified. "Crescent-Shaped Dragon Eaves Tile" [source caption]. In The Chinese Dragon, L. Newton Hayes. Third edition, 1923, 1923, The Commercial Press, Limited. Source scan leaf 42. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/chinese-dragon-038
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Maker or photographer not identified. Crescent-Shaped Dragon Eaves Tile. The Chinese Dragon. Scan leaf 42. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/chinese-dragon-038