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Summary
A fierce dragon is shown on an elaborate background of carved hexagons. Flowers with four petals are inside each hexagon. Gold plates have been added to the back of the kashira which repeat the hexagon motif.
Tags
Date
1850
Source
Walters Art Museum
Link
Copyright info
public domain