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Three-clawed dragon
Front plate with three-clawed dragon in repousse. Hinged sideplates, waidate in two parts. All plates have another plate lashed on their upper sides, leather covered with rolled rims of copper and sections of copper borders with incised floral designs. Watagami (shoulder pad) but no hato-wa-no-ita.Lined with leather; brocaded shoulder pad. Two rings on back. A wooden tag inscribed in Japanese.
Inscription
Provenance
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Acquired at Bunkio Matsuki sale, 1906 (45.00?)?
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: 17 1/4 in. (43.8 cm)
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.
51.599