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Dragon Bowl Fountain

Dyffryn House and Gardens © National Trust Photo Library

Dyffryn House and Gardens © National Trust / Kate Lynch

Dyffryn House and Gardens © National Trust / Kate Lynch

Dyffryn House and Gardens © National Trust / Kate Lynch

Dyffryn House and Gardens © National Trust / Kate Lynch

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Date

Unknown

Materials

Bronze

Place of origin

Japan

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Collection

Dyffryn House and Gardens, Vale of Glamorgan

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Dyffryn Gardens, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, National Trust

NT 1682832

Caption

The Dragon Bowl Fountain. A bronze fountain sitting in a pool. Two dragons wrapped around a twisted and fluted bowl.

Summary

A bronze fountain sitting in a pool. The bronze dragon bowl. Two dragons wrapped around a twisted and fluted bowl. The water falls from the mouth of the upper dragons head into the bowl which then runs from the mouth of the lower dragon into the pool.

Provenance

Donated to Dyffryn Gardens in 1951 by Grenville Morgan. Previously owned by Glamorgan County Council . Makes up part of the chattels transferred to National Trust ownership as part of the lease agreement of 2012. It was agreed all moveable chattels left by the council would become the property of the National Trust.

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