Vase

Museum number:
9-17034
Permalink:
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Description:
Vessel, bronze; long neck with two dragons in full relief; short open cylinder on each side of neck at top; belly of vessel has mythical animals in cartouches in relief, open-work areas and mystic trigrams above; height 58 cm.
Collection place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Vase, accession number 9-17034, described as Vessel, bronze; long neck with two dragons in full relief; short open cylinder on each side of neck at top; belly of vessel has mythical animals in cartouches in relief, open-work areas and mystic trigrams above; height 58 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Vase, accession number 9-17034, described as Vessel, bronze; long neck with two dragons in full relief; short open cylinder on each side of neck at top; belly of vessel has mythical animals in cartouches in relief, open-work areas and mystic trigrams above; height 58 cm.

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