Hello and sorry for the late reply,
The image is not stored in the database.
Anywhere the K2 item is pulled up, JFile::exists is used (which is used to check if a file exists in the path set) with the path
URL-ROOT."media/k2/items/cache/".md5("image" . K2 ITEM ID HERE)."_XL.jpg" with XL being the site.
$item->image can also be used to display the image's URL.
JoomlaWorks Support Team
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