A JAPANESE BOXWOOD LARGE ARTICULATED DRAGON
MEIJI PERIOD, CIRCA 1880
Modelled as Jizai Okimono, a freely moving decorative object, the carved dragon has the body of a serpent, scales of a carp, claws of an eagle and the antlers of a deer joined together by an internal rope and metal cord, with museum accession number 'FL140·1974a' underneath the lower jaw, on later iron cradles and burr-elm base
15 1/2 in. (39.5 cm.) high, on cradle; 66 in. (167.5 cm.) long, fully extended; 50 in. (127 cm.) long, on cradle; 5 1/4 in. (13.5 cm.) deep, on cradle
A JAPANESE BOXWOOD LARGE ARTICULATED DRAGON
MEIJI PERIOD, CIRCA 1880
Modelled as Jizai Okimono, a freely moving decorative object, the carved dragon has the body of a serpent, scales of a carp, claws of an eagle and the antlers of a deer joined together by an internal rope and metal cord, with museum accession number 'FL140·1974a' underneath the lower jaw, on later iron cradles and burr-elm base
15 1/2 in. (39.5 cm.) high, on cradle; 66 in. (167.5 cm.) long, fully extended; 50 in. (127 cm.) long, on cradle; 5 1/4 in. (13.5 cm.) deep, on cradle
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