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Flower container? with three-clawed dragon with a detachable pedestal
19th century
bronze
Container decorated with a three-clawed dragon winding into and out of the vessel. The sides are worked in the form of churning water. A free-standing three-clawed dragon coils around the detachable base.
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Provenance
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Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Walters Collection
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: 10 3/16 x 7 15/16 in. (25.8 x 20.2 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. 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.
54.1608