IDENTIFIERS
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id:	138221
accession number:	C.3-1968

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 22 April 2024

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Unglazed grey earthenware dragon, which recalls the bas relief images in Han tombs. Slight traces of white slip, and red and black paint remain.

A passage from the Huai-nan-tzu states "a clay dragon brings rain"
title:	dragon

NOTES
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type: history note
value: unknown before testator


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Bequeathed by Mrs Walter Sedgwick through the National Art Collections Fund

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/138221





TECHNIQUES
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painting
TECHNIQUES
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unglazed
TECHNIQUES
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slip-coating

CATEGORIES
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category: earthenware

DATING
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creation date:	385 - 580
creation date earliest:	385
creation date latest:	580
culture:	Northern Wei

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 16

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 25



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Chinese Exhibition
CITATIONS
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Annual Report of the Fitzwilliam Museum Syndicate for 1968
International Exhibition of Chinese Art
Dragons in Chinese Art (an exhibition) March 23 through May 28, 1972
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