- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1965.493
- Title
- Finial in the Form of a Dragon Head
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Six Dynasties period, 220-589
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/202913
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Gilt bronze
- Dimensions
- H. 3.8 x L. 5.7 cm (1 1/2 x 2 1/4 in.)
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
- Accession Year
- 1965
- Object Number
- 1965.493
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Publication History
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Hugo Munsterberg, Dragons in Chinese Art, exh. cat., China House Gallery (New York, 1971), p. 29, no. 25
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