Ewer, 15th-16th century, Rihei, Japanese, act. 15th-16th century, Japanese, 10 1/2 × 7 1/8 × 5 1/8 in. ( × × cm), Bronze, Japan, 15th-16th century, Long-necked ewers, sometimes referred to by their Sanskrit name kundika, are used to sprinkle water during a variety of Buddhist rituals in East Asia. This rare example features a dragon coiling up the handle toward a supernatural chimera (an elephant-tiger-oxen hybrid known as a baku) crouching atop the lid

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