This wood wall art plate features the traditional Chinese design of the Double Dragon, two dragons playing with a fire ball. Chinese dragons are very different from the imagery of a western dragon. The Chinese dragon has the body of a snake, claws of a hawk, scales of fish, and head of the mythical Kirin (based on a Giraffe). Dragons in China are respected by the people. The emperors are surpassingly reincarnations of dragons. The artist first painted the wood plate with solid color paint, then carves off the unwanted paint, then add details of the design. Read more...