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Balustrade Pillar Depicting Dragon in Clouds

Chinese (Sculptor)
18th century
marble
(China )

This pillar is carved in low relief and depicts dragons and clouds.

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

The Reverent Winthrop Brainerd, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by inheritance [from his father]; Walters Art Museum, 1986, by gift [Note in file: "Inherited by Father Brainerd. His grandfather had been governor-general of Hong Kong."].

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
4/3/1991 Treatment cleaned
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China (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 14 x W: 8 3/8 in. (35.5 x 21.3 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of the Reverend Winthrop Brainerd, 1986

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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25.89

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