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Tomb dragon, c.4th century (painted earthenware)

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Tomb dragon, c.4th century (painted earthenware)
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Chinese School / Chinese
Location
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA
Medium
painted earthenware
Date
C1st BC - C1st AD
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Placed in a tomb, a dragon provided a means to get to heaven. But ceramic dragons were also modeled in times of drought. In Chinese art, dragons are typically portrayed as long, scaled, serpentine creatures with four legs. In yin and yang terminology, a dragon is yang and complements a yin fenghuang or 'Chinese phoenix'.

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China / Asia / mythology / dragon / Asia / Historical Images / dragons / historical / iconography / asian / strange beasts / myth / historical pictures / chinese / history

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