figurine
"Dragons (two) carved wood gilt decorated with coloured glass representing jewels from Ava, Upper Burma". [Register] Wooden figurine of dragon, gilded. Standing on rectangular base, painted red. Carved decorations around chest and feet with glass embellishments in red, green, white, yellow and purple. Dragons originated in China and the symbolism is assumed to have been brought over through the in…
Type of item
- PhysicalObject
- figurines
- Figurine
Date
- 1850-1889?
- 1850/1889?
Type of item
- PhysicalObject
- figurines
- Figurine
Date
- 1850-1889?
- 1850/1889?
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Current location
- Nottingham
Provenance
- Nottingham City Museums and Galleries, Nottingham
Identifier
- NCM 1889-160
- BLDIDHH013645
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/Museu/ProvidedCHO/Nottingham City Museums and Galleries/BLDIDHH013645
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-10-18T17:42:02.671Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-10-18T17:42:02.671Z
Keywords (provided by the community)
- coffers (furniture)
- People's Republic of China
- East Asia
- chest
- Europe
- Asia
- Buddhism