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okimono(jizai okimono); figure; storage box

Object Type: okimono (jizai okimono); figure; storage box
Museum number: HG.371
Description: Articulated figure of a dragon. Made of iron with gold inlay. Signed. With paulownia storage box.
Producer name
Cultures/periods: Edo Period (?); Meiji Era (?)
Production date: 18thC-19thC
Production place: Made in: Japan
Materials: iron; gold
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 11.90 centimetres; Length: 33.60 centimetres; Weight: 0.35 kilograms; Width: 9.20 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Smith et al 1990 / Japanese Art: Masterpieces in the British Museum (149); Tokyo National Museum 1987 / Daiei Hakubutsukan shozo Nihon-Chugoku bijutsu meihin ten (29)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2019 14 Jun-1 Jul, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Rhondda Arts Festival Treorchy 2017-2018 2 Nov-8 Apr, BM Gallery 35, Living with gods 2009 1 May-20 Sep, Victoria, Royal BC Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures 2009 11 Dec-2010 10 May, Madrid, Canal de Isabel II, Treasures of the World's Cultures 2011 Jun – Oct, Ulsan, South Korea, Ulsan Museum, ‘Fantastic Creatures’ 2012 Jan – Apr, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, ‘Fantastic Creatures’
Subjects
Acquisition name: Bequeathed by: Prof John Hull Grundy; Donated by: Anne Hull Grundy
Acquisition date: 1978-1984
Department: Asia
Registration number: HG.371
Conservation: Treatment: 08 Mar 1999; Treatment: 07 May 2019