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Leather-Cut Pictures- - -China's New Handicraft Of Art. Photo shows leather-cut picture modelling on a painting "Cloud and Dragon" by Chen Rong of the Song Dynasty. The dragon's head is made of coarse grain sheepskin, its body of snakeskin and its tail of chicken foot skin. Two bright scales from a snake's belly are used to make its eyes. The picture has a unique artistic charm. Photo by Xu Yigen