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Dragon-Fish 鯱
Japan, 18th c.
Wood netsuke, 3 11/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 1/4 in. (9.4 x 4.0 x 3.2 cm)
LACMA M.91.250.26 collections.lacma.org/node/192

official museum photo of the object, side profile on white background: wood netsuke in the form of a mythical dragon-fish (there are also real-life fish called dragonfish, but this looks more like a creature with a mythical dragon’s head and fish’s body and tail)
Jan 16, 2025, 11:37 PM·Public·Mastodon for iOS
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