Description
In the art and mythology of East Asia, dragons are symbols of power, good fortune, and imperial authority. This intricate metal model kit is a little more like the fire-breathing dragon of Western legend: wings spread, claws out, detailed scales covering its body. The kit comes with three pre-printed flat steel sheets and detailed instructions for punching out and snapping the 111 pieces together with tabs and slots—no glue or soldering needed.
Museum Story
The National Museum of Asian Art is a global resource for understanding Asian arts, cultures, and societies and their intersection with the United States. Opened in 1923 as the country's first national art museum, it now stewards one of the world's best collections of Asian art, which date from antiquity to the present, from China, Japan, Korea, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Ancient Near East, and the Islamic world (including Central Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa). The museum also holds an important array of 19th- and early 20th-century American art of the Aesthetic Movement.
Details
- Steel
- Age 14+
- 111 pieces; 6.1"L x 7"W x 5.1"H assembled
- Made in China
