Dragon

China

About 1950

  • Titles Dragon (Descriptive)
  • Artist China
  • Medium jade
  • Dimensions 3/4 × 2 3/8 × 1/2 in. (1.9 × 6 × 1.3 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Catherine H. Collins Collection, AFI.564.1998
  • Work Type sculpture
  • Classification Sculpture

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