tly in the Journal de Pekinthat in certain caverns in the Itchang district thebones of prehistoric serpents, twenty-five andthirty meters long, showing claws, and extremelysimilar to the Imperial dragon, had been found under beds of an-According to this,ways seemed tothe fruit of Orien-tal fancy… … Jour twenty AUGUST 1922 mceRnAcionAL Jtf mounted dragons arc also verj rarespecimens of the same period. It isthought the} wnc used to decorate theexteriors of houses. At thai periodanimal representation had always aritual significance, no objet dart orbibelot having for purpose the mererecreation…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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