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Engraving of Serpentine Chinese Dragon

A detailed copperplate engraving in sepia ink on cream paper depicts a long, serpentine Chinese dragon winding through stylized, cross-hatched storm clouds with lightning bolts in the background.

A copperplate engraving of a long Chinese dragon winding through storm clouds at night, the serpentine body in stippled crescent scales, the whiskers and mane in long flowing strokes, the clouds in scrolled cross-hatching, sepia ink on cream, the lightning from above implied by the hatching, the print filling the frame flat and square-on to all four edges See more

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