Chinese bronze stand in the shape of a dragon

An image of Bronze stand in the shape of a dragon, rearing on its hind legs. The dragon is spotted, and kneeling on one knee with one paw on its hip. The other paw is supporting a lotus seed pod against its neck. Bronze, height 13.3 cm. T’ang Dynasty (618-906). Chinese.

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Bronze stand in the shape of a dragon, rearing on its hind legs. The dragon is spotted, and kneeling on one knee with one paw on its hip. The other paw is supporting a lotus seed pod against its neck. Bronze, height 13.3 cm. T’ang Dynasty (618-906). Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.217-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/39.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Mark Box
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 768 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 489.79kB
Exposure time: 1/90
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 39/1
Captured: 2011:12:14 16:15:02

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AD bronze Chinese dragons Fitz_AA lotus lotus seed rearing stand T'ang Dynasty Tang Dynasty

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