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Pendant with dragon heads, interlaced dragons, and mask

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[1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 828, pg. 179, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

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Pendant with dragon heads, vase, and raised linked curls

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H x W x D: 3.1 x 11.3 x 0.5 cm (1 3/16 x 4 7/16 x 3/16 in)

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Phoenix among rocks and flowers

Weavers of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) often produced strong graphic designs. The large blocks of color and bright blue tonalities of this bold image correspond with the visual effects achieved in fahua ceramics, as well as with cloisonné. This composition features the mythological phoenix--the so-called king of birds in Chinese culture and a creature said to appear on earth only when righteousne

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Pierced and molded fragmentary side of a vessel

Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts, acquired in the 1950s from Iran. [1]

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[1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 709, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

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Pipe

[1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 606, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

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Pipe

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Pipe bowl

[2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1270, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

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Pitch-pot

Decoration: Each of the six panels on the tubular section of the vessel is decorated with a miniature arrow-holder in relief, with the front one holding the greatest number of arrows. Four of these panels bear a two-character inscription above the arrow-holder; they read: ???, "huang-hu" [Chn], "kuan-erh" [Chn], and ? erh [Chn]. Two rows of stylized lotus petals ornament the juncture of the tube a

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