Virtue Conquers the Dragon

Anonymous embroidery, Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-
   1911)
From the album "Complete Perfections of India,"

   31.4 x 29 cm

       This is the tenth leaf from an album of twenty and shows a dragon in submission to a lohan (Buddhist ascetic). The title is embroidered in blue silk in the upper right and the workmanship here is quite even and refined.

Virtue Conquers the Dragon