早在十八世紀,來自東方的神龍已然盤旋在英國的上空咆哮。那時的英國湧現出一批極其迷戀中國陶瓷的工匠,他們將東方神龍進行了更多形式的藝術演化。譬如十八世紀六十年代,英國的斯塔福德郡曾出產過一款盤龍陶瓷茶壺,後被殖民地威廉斯堡的博物館收藏。如今,它成為了設計師的靈感來源,再由印度匠人手工精心雕刻而成。從十八世紀直至今日,神龍元素始終吸引著全世界。
Chinese dragons roared in 18th century England. British potters celebrated Chinamania, using Asian dragons in whimsical ways. Such a dragon, wrapped around a 1760s British Staffordshire stoneware teapot in the Colonial Williamsburg collection, inspired these Staffordshire Dragon sculptures. The delicately carved pieces create an aura of global chic straight from the 18th century.