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Ink painting on a folding screen: a striding tiger at left, a dragon in clouds above a dark mountain, and a swirling moon at right.

Dragon and tiger

A six-panel folding screen in ink on paper shows a tiger striding left across a pale, misty plain beside bamboo and pine. Above a dark mountain ridge, a dragon coils through clouds, while a swirling moon glows at the right edge.

Artist
Unknown
Date
17th century
Medium
Ink on paper
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
Size
3999 × 1582 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1700).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art

Español: Dragón y tigre, biombo de seis paneles

Un biombo de seis paneles en tinta sobre papel muestra un tigre que avanza hacia la izquierda por una llanura pálida y brumosa, junto a bambúes y pinos. Sobre una cresta montañosa oscura, un dragón se enrosca entre nubes, y una luna en espiral brilla en el borde derecho.

Português: Dragão e tigre, biombo de seis painéis

Um biombo de seis painéis em tinta sobre papel mostra um tigre avançando para a esquerda por uma planície pálida e enevoada, ao lado de bambus e pinheiros. Acima de uma crista montanhosa escura, um dragão se enrola entre nuvens, e uma lua em espiral brilha na borda direita.

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