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Handmade Ceramic Tiles Picturing Playful Dragons browse these categories for related items... Directory: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Folk Art: Pre 1980: item # 795320 Please refer to our stock # 55-82 when inquiring.
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| Six vintage Chinese handmade ceramic tiles fit together to form dragons playing with a round flaming object that represents in traditional Chinese art a flaming pearl or the sun. The Chinese dragon is a beneficent creature. When shown with a horn, as the dragon on the left, it lives in the sky; hornless, as the dragon on right, it lives in the sea. (A third category, the dragon of the mountains, is identified by a body covered with scales.) There is a long history in China of making tiles that are fitted together to form pictures. Two historical examples with dragons are in Beijing--the huge nine-dragon screen of tiles at North Lake, and the dragon wall in the Forbidden City. The tiles in this piece have molded, raised lines to emphasize the shapes and other features of the dragons. Specially controlled firing created a subtle crackle effect that shows to advantage on the rich green ceramic surfaces, adding to the feeling of depth. All tiles are in perfect condition except the lower right tile, which has a crack about one inch in from its lower left corner. The six tiles, made in Shaanxi Province in the late 1980s, are assembled within a contemporary black metal frame. Dimension of framed tiles: height 13-1/2" (34 cm), width 19-1/2" (50 cm), depth 1" (2-1/2 cm). | |||||||||||
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