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PL side overall
Form of a Dragon Head
PL side overall
PL side overall

Form of a Dragon Head

CultureChinese
DateSix Dynasties (220-589 C.E.)
MediumCast gold with blue faience
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 × 7/8 inches (6.35 × 2.22 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number47-19
On View
On view
Gallery Location
  • 224
Collections
Exhibition History

Early Chinese Gold and Silver, China Institute in America, New York, October 20, 1971 -January 30, 1972.

Provenance

F. P. Musso;

Purchased from F. P. Musso by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1947.

Published References

Paul Singer, Early Chinese Gold and Silver, cat. no. 25  (New York: China House Gallery, China Institute in America, 1971), 29 (repro.).

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