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Collection Online as of December 14, 2025

Section of a Coffin Platform: Dragon

550–577

China, Northern Qi dynasty

(550-577)
limestone
Overall: 45.7 x 211.4 x 10.8 cm (18 x 83 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.); Panel: 45.7 x 26.3 x 10.8 cm (18 x 10 3/8 x 4 1/4 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Lange 1982.260.e
Location: 241B Arts of Ancient China
  • Wilson, J. Keith. "Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 77, no. 8 (1990): 286-323. Reproduced: p. 302, 319 www.jstor.org
    Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. Masterworks of Asian Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998. Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 38–39
  • Danese (Gallery), New York. Ritual Objects and Early Buddhist Art. March 22
  • {{cite web|title=Section of a Coffin Platform: Dragon|url=false|author=|year=550–577|access-date=14 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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