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Ornament: reclining chimera by Abel William Bahr, Charles Lang Freer — VisualArtsDB

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Ornament: reclining chimera

Ornament: reclining chimera

Ornament: reclining chimera

Abel William Bahr Charles Lang Freer

200

Medium: Bronze, gilding
Genre: Sculpture
Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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Period of Division (220 - 589)Chinese ArtsculptureArtbronzeCharles Lang Freer collectionMetal-workgilding

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