virtual-artifacts:Chinese Dragon Fish Bronze Censer, 18th/19th century, in the Ming style, the cense
virtual-artifacts:Chinese Dragon Fish Bronze Censer, 18th/19th century, in the Ming style, the censer depicting a carp transforming into a dragon. According to Chinese legend, when a carp jumped up and crossed the “Dragon’s Gate” waterfall on the Yellow River, a virtually impossible task, he would be transformed into a dragon. -- source link
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