Green Dragon of the East
Series TitleAnimals of the Four Directions with Equestrian Figures
CultureChinese
Dateearly 6th century C.E.
MediumEarthenware with unfired pigments
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/2 × 13 1/2 inches (21.59 × 34.29 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number31-135/3
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DescriptionGray clay figure, with traces of pigment and earth encrustations. Figure is of a woman seated on a dragon facing to the left.ProvenanceWith Celestin Liu, Peking (modern-day Beijing), China, by July 1931 [1];
Purchased from Celestin Liu, through Langdon Warner (1881-1955), by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1931.
NOTES:
[1] "Kansas City - Itemized Purchases in China and Japan, 1932," Harvard Pusey Library, Langdon Warner Personal Archive, box 15, folder 28, copy in Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.
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