Japan & the Far East
Dragon Column at the Ming Tombs
Original caption: A Dragon Column
A slender carved column rises above a balustraded platform beneath a projecting ornamental capital. Hayes identifies one of the dragon columns beside the Spirit Road at the Ming tombs north of Peking.
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Maker or photographer not identified. "Dragon Column at the Ming Tombs" [source caption]. In The Chinese Dragon, L. Newton Hayes. Third edition, 1923, 1923, The Commercial Press, Limited. Source scan leaf 79. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/chinese-dragon-075
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Maker or photographer not identified. Dragon Column at the Ming Tombs. The Chinese Dragon. Scan leaf 79. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/chinese-dragon-075