Japan & the Far East
A Cloud Dragon Medallion
Original caption: A Cloud Dragon
A scaled dragon fills a circular field of rounded clouds and fine lines. Hayes presents the design as the work of an artist who claimed to have seen a dragon, placing the story within his account of dragon beliefs.
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Maker or photographer not identified. "A Cloud Dragon Medallion" [source caption]. In The Chinese Dragon, L. Newton Hayes. Third edition, 1923, 1923, The Commercial Press, Limited. Source scan leaf 50. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/chinese-dragon-046
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Maker or photographer not identified. A Cloud Dragon Medallion. The Chinese Dragon. Scan leaf 50. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/chinese-dragon-046