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Vase with dragons

14th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 216
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.
Aside from creating archaic designs, fourteenth-century artists explored a new array of pictorial motifs, such as the powerful dragons on this vase. These creatures, a popular motif found on ceramics of the time, have been translated here from a two-dimensional design into high-relief imagery on bronze.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 元至明初 銅龍紋瓶
  • Title: Vase with dragons
  • Period: Yuan (1271–1368) to early Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
  • Date: 14th century
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Copper alloy
  • Dimensions: H. 15 9/16 in. (39.5 cm)
  • Classification: Metalwork
  • Credit Line: Lent by British Museum
  • Rights and Reproduction: Photograph © The Trustees of the British Museum, London
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art