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A small carving of a dragon
Carved wood
Museum number: DR16
Curatorial note
The Soane Museum 'AB' inventory, 1837, describes this item as 'A piece of Grotesque Carving on part of the root of a Tea Tree'. Dr Jessica Harrison-Hall of the British Museum advises it is Chinese and 18th century (1998).
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: worksofart@soane.org.uk