Dragon
1700–1850
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 17 x 28.3 x 18 cm (6 11/16 x 11 1/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
- Genre
- sculpture
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
Italy, 18th century or later
About
This figure was probably originally meant to serve as the decorative foundation to a larger object such as a casket or urn. In transition from decorative motif to independent work of art, the nether half may have been an addition, evidenced by the seam along its torso.