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Ming dynasty flask

Relief detail of a white dragon with gold accents on blue and green glazed tiles from the Nine Dragon Wall in Beihai Park, Beijing.

Cizhou vase decorated with a dragon, probably from Juluxian, Hebei province, stoneware with white and engraved black slip, early 12th century, Northern Song or Jin dynasty; in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.

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