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Door handles
The handles are decorated with a five-clawed dragon. Each monster head holds the handle in its mouth. Monsters and dragons were appropriate motifs for door fittings as they warded off evil spirits.
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Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Type of item
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.1453
Medium
- On loan from the Asian Art Society in The Netherlands
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Type of item
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.1453
Medium
- On loan from the Asian Art Society in The Netherlands
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- c.1600 - c.1699
Place-Time
- 17th century
Places
- China
- China
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.403
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.1917
- AK-MAK-500-A
Extent
- width 23.5 cm
- height 36.6 cm
- depth 9.0 cm
Format
- bronze (metal)
- Bronze
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collectie: China (collectie)
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T13:02:58.188Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T13:00:39.457Z
Keywords (provided by the community)
- bail handles
- People's Republic of China
- handle
- five-clawed dragon
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