Object class: Legendary beings / Collection place: The Americas / Materials: Bronze (metal) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Brasses, accession number 9-75a-d, described as Joss House brasses, gilded bronze with red-stained beech poles; a) dragon-headed halberd-like blade bisecting dragon-headed fish swallowing lunate blade; 61.5cm x 21.5cm. b) red-stained beech pole, l. 83cm.; c) dragon-headed halberd-like blade bisecting "vase", one of the "Eight Glorious Emblems of Buddhism"; 57.5 x 28cm.; d) red-stained beech pole, l. 84cm. Both a) and c) have a tassle of plaited metallic thread.