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  • Cup with dragon-shaped handle, China,
Yuan dynasty (1279–1368). Hammered embossed gold with chasing,
 Louvre Abu Dhabi, LAD 2019.025


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Dragon and Phoenix

Centuries of Exchange between Chinese and Islamic Worlds

October 6, 2021 – February 12, 2022

Louvre Abu Dhabi, Louvre Abu Dhabi, Saadiyat Cultural District, Abu Dhabi

The story of how China, ‘the dragon’, and the Islamic world, ‘the phoenix’, exchanged ideas between 8th – 18th century.

  • Cup with dragon-shaped handle, China,
Yuan dynasty (1279–1368). Hammered embossed gold with chasing,
 Louvre Abu Dhabi, LAD 2019.025


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