Disk with dragons
This disc either may have been used as inlay to decorate another a piece of furniture or a screen, or functioned as an independent work of art. Known as chihulong, the four snakelike dragons—two large, two small—prowling along the surface are identifiable by their long, narrow necks, the raised lines across their backs, and their branching tails.
Artwork Details
- 元末明初 象牙雕螭龍圓牌
- Title: Disk with dragons
- Period: Late Yuan (1271–1368) or early Ming (1368–1644) dynasty)
- Date: 14th–early 15th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Ivory
- Dimensions: H. 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm); Diam. 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm)
- Classification: Ivories
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1919
- Object Number: 19.190a, b
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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