I’m not a student of art history, so I may be (and probably am) completely wrong about this. The style may be Chinese Tang Dynasty work, but it also reminds me quite a bit of Japanese art from the Edo period. The subject of each is one person playing a musical instrument, and another person engaged in some other activity.
These metal plaques are mounted several floors above the ground and provide a nice embellishment to an otherwise unattractive building. Size of each is approx. 5′ high by 4′ wide.
Shojo Restaurant Chinatown
Muralized storefront on Tyler Street.
Ballerina On Stilts Mural
Part of a larger mural over a parking lot in Chinatown.
Xiangqi
Just a few steps away from the Chinatown Gate on Beach Street, there is a little outdoor court with about a dozen tables where local residents and visitors meet to play Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) when the weather is nice.
Not A Public Restroom in Chinatown
Painted on a doorway in a back alley in Chinatown: “This Is Not A Public Restroom – Respect”. Somebody came along after the fact and drew a pile of poop with flies.
