Earthenware tomb tile with a fighting scene, which includes a dragon & a swordsman; from Luoyang Jincun, Henan, China, dated to 2nd – 1st c. BCE [Western Han dynasty]. Now in the Royal Ontario museum, nr. 931.13.186 [2560 x 1707]
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Earthenware tomb tile with a fighting scene, which includes a dragon & a swordsman; from Luoyang Jincun, Henan, China, dated to 2nd – 1st c. BCE [Western Han dynasty]. Now in the Royal Ontario museum, nr. 931.13.186 [2560 x 1707]
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I was wondering if here the dragon & the warrior are allies or enemies…
*for dating I followed the info of museum’s website
* in Royal Ontario museum [https://collections.rom.on.ca/objects/315812/tomb-tile-with-dragon-and-warrior](https://collections.rom.on.ca/objects/315812/tomb-tile-with-dragon-and-warrior)
* photo by Daderot in [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hollow-brick_tomb_tiles,_view_06,_China,_Luoyang,_Henan_Province,_Eastern_Han_Dynasty,_25-220_AD,_earthenware_-_Royal_Ontario_Museum_-_DSC03565.JPG](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hollow-brick_tomb_tiles,_view_06,_China,_Luoyang,_Henan_Province,_Eastern_Han_Dynasty,_25-220_AD,_earthenware_-_Royal_Ontario_Museum_-_DSC03565.JPG)
First I thought that it was some kind of viking/proto-viking art but now I would like to ask a question which someone hopefully can answer:
– are there any evidence of this type of depictation of curly dragons/monsters originated in china(-ish) and then wandered westwards via for example the scytians and then the proto-germans and then landing in Scandinavia? It seems like a very plausable thing to happen imo.