Dragon-shaped vessel with scaled body and crowned head, pencil drawing

A pencil drawing shows a dragon-headed vessel in profile, its head crowned with an ornate headdress and its long body covered in fine overlapping scales. The curved tail rises to a finial, and a flat rectangular basin sits along the middle of the body on a pedestal base.

Artist: Unknown
Date: [between 1800 and 1899]
Medium: Drawings Pencil works
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 4000 × 2279 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1899.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

19th century pencil drawing graphite line drawing scales profile view decorative vessel temple sculpture monochrome