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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.52.74.B
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/204246

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gilt bronze
Dimensions
H. 7 x L. 11.4 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.B
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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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

Verification Level

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