Chapter NINE: The Hold of the Dragon on China 57

ILLUSTRATIONS

Bronze Dragon, Kang Hsi Period
Dragon Colonnade at Chufu Frontispieces
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Emperor Kang Hsi in Dragon Robes 1
The Dragon Throne of the Recent Emperors 2
The Han Dynasty Dragons 7
The Porcelain Dragon Screen 8
The Dragon Staircase 13
An Imperial Dragon 14
Tablet to Confucius 17
Dragon Gateway 18
The Dragon Stone 21
Dragon Eaves-Tile 22
Dragon-Guarded Astrolabe 25
Surrounded by Dragons 26
A Dragon-Mounted Bell 29
A Cloud Dragon 30
Circular Dragon Eaves-Tile 35
Chien Lung Vases 36
A Living Dragon 43
Two Porcelain Dragons 44
The “Dragon Square” 49
The “Dragon Disk” 50
Emperor Kang Hsi on the Dragon Throne 55
A Dragon Lantern 56
A Dragon Column 59
The Gateway to the Dragon Well 60
The Dragon Tablet 63
A Dragon Boat Race in Foochow 64