Title

Silver bowl with animals, birds and dragon, High Tang period, China, 8th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Silver bowl with animals, birds and dragon, High Tang period, China, 8th century. A silver bowl of shallow U-shape decorated with a pair of mythical animals separated by a standing mandarin duck amid floral scrolls, a running doe and two geese. The centre of the interior has a three-clawed dragon, crab and fish in a pearl bordered medallion in repousse technique.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

700th century

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B72_223

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

17,9Mb (705,2Kb) / 9,4in x 7,4in / 2831 x 2214 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal bowl geese goose bird birds country China Chinese color colour deer pearl duck ducks ornate dragon location century pearls dynasty concept mythology Doe mythical creature Tang Dynasty Museum of East Asian Art 8th century High Tang period mythical beast object Unknown silver silver object