1942.185.99: Coiled Dragon Supporting a Crystal Ball
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1942.185.99
- Title
- Coiled Dragon Supporting a Crystal Ball
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture
- Date
- 19th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Meiji era, 1868-1912
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/310805
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver and rock crystal; the stone of Chinese or American origin
- Dimensions
- 9.84 x 20.96 x 9.21 cm (3 7/8 x 8 1/4 x 3 5/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: Dragon has an inscription on the base.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane
- Accession Year
- 1942
- Object Number
- 1942.185.99
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- Transformations: Asia East and West, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/19/1992 - 02/14/1993
Verification Level
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