1943.52.74.A: Small Sculpture in the Form of a Striding Dragon, Perhaps a Support for a Small Table or Vessel (one of two)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.52.74.A

Title

Small Sculpture in the Form of a Striding Dragon, Perhaps a Support for a Small Table or Vessel (one of two)

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

sculpture

Date

206 BCE - 220 CE

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, China

Period

Han dynasty, 206 BCE-220 CE

Culture

Chinese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/204245

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gilt bronze

Dimensions

H. 7 x L. 11.5 x W. 4.4 cm (2 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Grenville L. Winthrop purchased from C.T. Loo, New York (October 1931)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.52.74.A

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Dorothy W. Gillerman, ed., Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1969), no. 054, pp. 54-55
• Junkunc: Arts of Ancient China, auct. cat., Sotheby's, New York (New York, 2019), p. 78, fig. 1

Exhibition History

• S427: Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Jades, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/20/1985 - 04/30/2008

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