The Chinese dragon
In Chinese mythology, the dragon is not a force of evil but a beneficent creature, inhabiting the skies and the seas. Originally a rain divinity, the impressive animal with scales, claws and piercing eyes came to symbolize imperial power.
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Ring in de vorm van draak.
Miniatuur beeld van porselein van een Europese man op een draak, gedeeltelijk polychroom beschilderd in Europa. Blanc de Chine.
Orange jacket as part of a bridal costume (in China called 'mang ao' = dragon jacket). This color orange was popular among Peranakan Chinese and was called 'kuning pinang masak', or the yellow color of a ripe betel nut.The jacket has sever…
silk flag of the Chinese Empire during the Ch'ing Dynasty. On the white silk, the background is printed in yellow with recess of a dragon-shaped figure in which, in slightly smaller size, the five-clawed imperial dragon is depicted in purplish blue. B…
Een vrouw in Chinese klederdracht op een draak. De vrouw zou de godin Benten kunnen zijn of de Chinese godin van het Westen, Hsi Wang Mu. Met twee gedichten.
OM-1974-1639; Stockholm 1967, No 170.; J. Wirgin: BMFEA 44/1972, Pl. 40a.; …
Forbidden City: The view of the south-west corner of the Dragon Terrace.; Illustrated: 272:36; 004329; …