Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Nine-Dragon Wall, Datong

Accession Number: 
188419
Order Title: 
Archivision Addition Module SEVEN--6,160 images
Type of View: 
partialView
View Title: 
Detail, head of the dragon amid cloud forms
Date of View: 
6/9/2009
Image description: 
The first Ming Emperor copied the Yuan ruling and decreed that the dragon would be his emblem and that it would have five toes (or claws) The four-clawed dragon was typically for imperial nobility and certain high-ranking officials. The three clawed dragon was used by lower ranks and the general public (widely seen on various Chinese goods in Ming Dynasty).
Image Rights: 
¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Source Institution: 
Archivision, Inc.
Collection: 
Addition Module SEVEN
Culture: 
Chinese
Work Types: 
architectural elements; walls
Work Types: 
Art; sculpture (visual works); reliefs (sculptures)
Preferred Title: 
Nine-Dragon Wall, Datong
Agent Display: 
Unknown (Chinese)
Date: 
1392 (creation)
Materials: 
glazed polychrome ceramic tile
Technique: 
fabrication attributes: ceramics
Measurement: 
20 m (height) x 45.5 m (length) x 8 m (depth)
Alternate Title: 
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Alternate Title: 
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Locations: 
Datong, Shanxi, China
Location Type: 
(site)
Style/Period: 
Ming
Classification: 
Decorative Arts