Vase with Tiger and Dragon

1680-1700 H: 16 11/16 in. (42.4 cm) Citation Source image

Confrontations between tigers and dragons appear on a variety of blue and white porcelain types to represent complimentary opposites. This tall baluster vase is carved and painted with a dragon flying overhead in the scrolling clouds looking back at a tiger on the ground. The...

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12316
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William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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