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Spitoon with Dragon and Cloud Design
(China )
This spittoon is decorated with a design that wraps around the entire vessel. There are two dragons, one on each register of the vessel, each in pursuit of a pearl. The background of the two dragons in pursuit of a pearl is painted with clouds. The foot of the vessel has no decoration.
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Provenance
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William T. or Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
Geographies
China (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
49.1082