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Ivory Disk with Dragons in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2010

Ivory Disk with Dragons in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2010
Title/Object Name: Disk with Dragons

Culture: China

Period: Yuan (1271–1368)–Ming (1368–1644) dynasty

Date: 14th–15th century

Medium: Ivory

Dimensions: Diam. 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm)

Classification: Ivory

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1919

Accession Number: 19.190a, b


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The jihulong (jihu dragon), which first occurs in ceramics of the eleventh and twelfth centuries became a popular motif in other media during the Yuan dynasty.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/asian_...

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