Japan & the Far East
A Dragon-Mounted Bell
Original caption: A Dragon-Mounted Bell
Dragon heads and curling bodies form an elaborate frame around a small suspended bell. Hayes describes a redwood structure inlaid with silver and further dragon forms on the bell itself.
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Maker or photographer not identified. "A Dragon-Mounted Bell" [source caption]. In The Chinese Dragon, L. Newton Hayes. Third edition, 1923, 1923, The Commercial Press, Limited. Source scan leaf 49. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/chinese-dragon-045
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Maker or photographer not identified. A Dragon-Mounted Bell. The Chinese Dragon. Scan leaf 49. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/chinese-dragon-045