Figure
Category
Decorative ornaments
Date
Unknown
Materials
Buffalo hide, Buffalo skin, Kingfisher feather, Metal, Stone, Silvered glass
Measurements
234 x 145 mm
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1339579
Summary
Model - Chinese dragon, head made of leather inlaid with royal and turquoise blue kingfisher feathers edged in gold. A small circular mirror is above the dragons head. Attached to a columnar support with wires so it can move. Coloured stones in the knob of the stand and for the eyes of the dragon.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.