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Source Description
Large flower container decorated in full relief with a three-clawed dragon winding in and out of the vase. Two oblong frames near the foot, one with four characters and the other with six characters.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
34451
label
Three-clawed dragon
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
34451
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Three-clawed dragon
description
Large flower container decorated in full relief with a three-clawed dragon winding in and out of the vase. Two oblong frames near the foot, one with four characters and the other with six characters.
provenance
Wakai Kanesaburo, Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876 (?); William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1876, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
19th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
vases
imageCount
1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
50.5
height
46.1
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 19 7/8 x 18 1/8 in. (50.5 x 46.1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
konen rokujusan sai tounsai chu; [Translation] Cast by 63 year old Tounsai
med
bronze
creator_ids
5508
collection_ids
none
exhibition_ids
244
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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