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Dragon Girl (Longnü)
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Gilt copper alloy, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), China
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Florence and Herbert Irving Acquisitions Fund for Asian Art The Vincent Astor Foundation Gift Fletcher and 2016 Benefit Funds funds from various donors Brooke Russell Astor Bequest The Camille M. Lownds and Seymour Funds and Bequests of Mary Clark Thompson John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Marie-Louise Garbáty by exchange 2025
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