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Regong Tangka yi ren yan jiu

Title:
无名的造神者 : 热贡唐卡艺人研究 = The anonymous : Regong Tang-kha painters research / 陈乃华著
Anonymous Regong Tang-kha painters research
Author:
Chen, Naihua 1979-  Search this
Physical description:
6, 392 pages illustrations 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
China
Tongren Xian (Qinghai Sheng)
Xi zang
Date:
2013
Topic:
Tankas (Tibetan scrolls)  Search this
Painters  Search this
Painting, Tibetan  Search this
Buddhist painting  Search this
Tang ka--zong jiao yi shu--yan jiu  Search this
Min jian yi ren--ren wu yan jiu  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1108040

Dunhuang Mogao Ku yu Qian fo tu gui lü xing chuang zao de zong jiao kong jian

Title:
敦煌莫高窟与千佛图 : 规律性创造的宗教空间
Author:
Suemori, Kaoru 1980-  Search this
Physical description:
vi, 326 pages illustrations 27 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
China
Dunhuang Caves
Date:
2020
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration, Chinese  Search this
Buddhist mural painting and decoration  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1145302

云南两栖爬行动物 = Amphibia and reptilia of Yunnan / 杨大同主编

Title:
Amphibia and reptilia of Yunnan
Editor:
Yang, Datong  Search this
Physical description:
2, 2, 2, 2, 10, 411 pages illustrations (some color), color maps 27 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
China
Yunnan Sheng
Chine
Yunnan (Sheng)
Date:
2008
Topic:
Amphibians  Search this
Reptiles  Search this
Amphibiens  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1147178

Wood-block cutters and typefaces in Qing dynasty

Author:
Zheng, Xing (Associate professor of Chinese literature)  Search this
Physical description:
2, 314 pages illustrations, facsimiles 24 cm
Type:
Bibliography
Bibliographies
Place:
China
Chine
Date:
2022
Topic:
Wood-engravers  Search this
Block books, Chinese  Search this
Graveurs sur bois  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1156120

Contemporary photography in China

Editor:
Chiu, Melissa  Search this
Johnson, Betsy (Curator)  Search this
Contributor:
Roberts, Claire 1959-  Search this
Schell, Orville  Search this
Smith, Karen (Art historian)  Search this
Warsh, Larry  Search this
Issuing body:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 225 pages (some folded) illustrations (chiefly color), portraits 29 cm
Type:
Books
Pictorial works
Exhibition catalogs
Photobooks
Illustrated works
Catalogues d'exposition
Livres de photographies
Place:
China
Chine
Date:
2023
20th century
21st century
20e siècle
21e siècle
Topic:
Photography--History  Search this
Photography, Artistic--History  Search this
Photographie--Histoire  Search this
Photographie artistique  Search this
Photography  Search this
History  Search this
Photography, Artistic  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1163665

History of possible encounters

Title:
Taiping Tianguo
太平天國
Ai Weiwei, Frog King Kwok, Tehching Hsieh and Martin Wong in New York
Editor:
Chong, Doryun  Search this
Costinaș, Cosmin 1982-  Search this
Host institution:
Para Site (Hong Kong, China)  Search this
Physical description:
143 pages illustrations (chiefly color) 24 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition
Place:
China
Chine
Date:
2015
Topic:
Art, Chinese  Search this
Artists  Search this
Art chinois  Search this
Artistes  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1164132

Mengche ya zhi wen wan jia ju

Title:
孟澈雅製文玩家具
Many fair blossoms make a fine tree
Commissions of scholar's objects and furniture by Kössen Ho
Author:
He, Mengche  Search this
Subject:
He, Mengcha Art collections  Search this
Physical description:
2 volumes (579 pages) color illustrations 38 cm + 1 introduction (103 pages ; 38 cm)
Type:
Catalogs
Place:
China
Chine
Date:
2023
Topic:
Decorative arts--Art collections  Search this
Decoration and ornament--Art collections  Search this
Art objects, Chinese--Private collections  Search this
Arts décoratifs  Search this
Décoration et ornement  Search this
Objets d'art chinois  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1164368

Zhou Hansheng zhu ke yi shu

Title:
周漢生竹刻藝術
Bamboo carvings of Zhou Hansheng
Editor:
He, Mengche  Search this
Author:
Zhou, Hansheng 1942- Works Selecitons 2017  Search this
Subject:
Zhou, Hansheng 1942- Criticism and interpretation  Search this
Zhou, Hansheng 1942-  Search this
Physical description:
xxv, 371 pages color illustrations 31 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Place:
China
Date:
2017
Topic:
Bamboo carving  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1164371

5 Yuan, Farmers Bank of China, China, 1935

Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 7.9 cm x 14.85 cm x .01 cm; 3 1/8 in x 5 27/32 in x in
Object Name:
note
Place made:
China
Date made:
1935
Crowdsourcing:
Transcribed by Smithsonian digital volunteers
Credit Line:
Steven E. Hodges and Susan S. Hodges
ID Number:
1986.0353.33
Catalog number:
1986.0353.33
Accession number:
1986.0353
Serial number:
GX108500
See more items in:
Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
Chinese Banknotes
NNC_Transcription_Center_Chinese_Banknote_05
Chinese Paper Money
NNC Chinese Bank Notes
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-c3ee-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1888940
Online Media:

Paul Jenkins papers

Creator:
Jenkins, Paul, 1923-2012  Search this
Names:
Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Martha Jackson Gallery  Search this
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
New York University  Search this
Baber, Alice  Search this
Bluhm, Norman, 1921-1999  Search this
De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997  Search this
Dusanne, Zoe, -1977  Search this
Erma, Thomas, 1939-1964  Search this
Gilot, Francoise, 1921-  Search this
Guggenheim, Peggy, 1898-1979  Search this
Jenkins, Esther Ebenhoe  Search this
Krasner, Lee, 1908-1984  Search this
Prantl, Karl  Search this
Prince, Frank  Search this
Extent:
11.1 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Travel diaries
Manuscripts
Sketches
Watercolors
Prints
Collages
Visitors' books
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Place:
China -- Description and Travel
Date:
circa 1915-2010
Summary:
The papers of abstract expressionist painter and playwright Paul Jenkins measure 11.1 linear feet and date from circa 1915 to 2010. Jenkins's career in New York and Paris is documented through biographical material, family papers, correspondence, writings, personal business records, printed material, photographs of Jenkins in his studio and at various events, and original artwork by Jenkins and others.
Scope and Contents:
The papers of abstract expressionist painter and playwright Paul Jenkins measure 11.1 linear feet and date from circa 1915 to 2010. Jenkins's career in New York and Paris is documented through biographical material, family papers, correspondence, writings, personal business records, printed material, photographs of Jenkins in his studio and at various events, and original artwork by Jenkins and others.

Biographical material and family papers consist of awards and certificates, calendars, marriage, divorce, and estate papers, and military service records. Also included are family papers and a scrapbook belonging to Jenkins's aunt, Louise Jenkins.

Correspondence, which makes up the bulk of the collection, is with family, friends, and fellow artists, including Alice Baber, Norman Bluhm, Willem de Kooning, and Lee Krasner Pollock, as well as art organizations, schools, museums, galleries, and gallery owners, such as the Art Students League of New York, New York University, Museum of Modern Art, Martha Jackson Gallery, Zoe Dusanne, and Peggy Guggenheim.

Writings includes scattered writings by Paul Jenkins, two of his travel diaries, and the guest book for an exhibition in Tokyo. Also found are a copy of Lili Krahmer Verame's China travel diary and the writings and research materials of others.

Personal business records consist of financial records, lease documents, price lists, travel documents, and papers regarding Jenkins's rental property. Also included are a file on the New York University medal designed by Jenkins and a file concerning a Karl Prantl statue.

Printed material consists of event programs, newsletters, bulletins, member reports, press releases, art exhibition announcements and catalogs, concert and theater announcements and programs, news and magazine clippings, and obituaries and memorial announcements.

Artwork contains miscellaneous sketches and collages by Paul Jenkins. Additional artworks include sketches, watercolors, and prints by other artists, as well as 8 oversize mixed media sketches by Frank Prince of Jenkins's Meditation Mandala Sundial sculptures.

Photographs of Paul Jenkins depict him in his studio, with family and friends, and at events. Photographs of family and friends include Esther Ebenhoe Jenkins, Alice Baber Jenkins, Norman Bluhm, Thomas Erma, Françoise Gilot, Matsumi "Mike," Carole, and Bunshi Paul Kanemitsu, and Frank Prince.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as 7 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1915-1997 (Box 1; 9 folders)

Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1930-2010 (Box 1-9, 13; 9 linear feet)

Series 3: Writings, circa 1950-2003 (Box 9-10; 0.5 linear feet)

Series 4: Personal Business Records, circa 1944-1990 (Box 10; 0.3 linear feet)

Series 5: Printed Material, circa 1952-2010 (Box 10-11; 0.6 linear feet)

Aeries 6: Artwork, circa 1935-2007 (Box 11-12, OV 14; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 7: Photography, circa 1940-1998 (Box 12; 0.4 linear feet)
Biographical / Historical:
Paul Jenkins (1923-2012) was an abstract expressionist painter and playwright in New York, New York, and Paris, France. Jenkins was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1923, and moved to Youngstown, Ohio as a teenager. After serving in the U.S. Maritime Service and the U.S. Naval Air Corps, Jenkins studied playwriting with George McCalmon at the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University). In 1948, he moved to New York City, where he studied with Yasuo Kuniyoshi at the Art Students League of New York.

Over the course of his career, Jenkins experimented with multiple techniques, including oil on primed canvas, flowing paints, acrylics, watercolor, and mixed media collages. After traveling extensively and meeting many artists, Jenkins ultimately became associated with the Abstract Expressionists. His work gained the attention of other members of the art world and he held solo exhibitions at venues such as the Zoe Dusanne Gallery in Seattle and the Martha Jackson Gallery in New York. Jenkins' paintings were purchased by both museums and private collectors, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and Peggy Guggenheim.

In addition to his painting, Jenkins continued to explore other creative endeavors. He experimented with sculpture, producing works for events and permanent displays, including the Sculptors' Symposium at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum and the Sculpture Garden of the Hofstra Museum. His plays, such as Strike the Puma, were published and performed off Broadway in New York City. Jenkins's art served as the backdrop for multiple stage productions, and in 1978, his paintings were featured in the Academy Award nominated movie An Unmarried Woman. Jenkins also collaborated on a number of book projects, including Anatomy of a Cloud, a collection of autobiographical collages and texts.

Throughout his adult life, Jenkins split most of his time between New York and Paris. He continued to create and exhibit new works until his death in New York in 2012.
Related Materials:
Also found at the Archives of American Art are an interview of Paul Jenkins, August 1969, conducted by Albert Elsen, and an oral history interview, 1968, conducted by Colette Roberts.
Provenance:
The papers were donated 2007-2009 and in 2012 by Paul and Suzanne Jenkins.
Restrictions:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
The donor has retained all intellectual property rights, including copyright, that they may own.
Occupation:
Dramatists -- France -- Paris  Search this
Dramatists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Topic:
Abstract expressionism  Search this
Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this
Medals -- Design  Search this
Painters -- France -- Paris  Search this
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Genre/Form:
Travel diaries
Manuscripts
Sketches
Watercolors
Prints
Collages
Visitors' books
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Citation:
Paul Jenkins papers, circa 1915-2010. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.jenkpaul2
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Paul Jenkins papers
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97a17d1c1-3b35-4e96-b562-6daf3559775e
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-jenkpaul2
Online Media:

Fragment

Medium:
Medium: silk Technique: damask
Dimensions:
H x W: 124 × 30 cm (48 13/16 × 11 13/16 in.)
Type:
woven textiles
Fragment
Made in:
China
Date:
16th century
Accession Number:
1953-162-70
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
See more items in:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Textiles Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq413c55e8c-294d-4221-af33-7a961e51892b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1953-162-70

Writing brush

Inscription:
Inscription by Pang Yuanji 龐元濟 (1864-1949)  Search this
Medium:
Ivory and animal hair
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 19.8 x 8.6 x 1.1 cm (7 13/16 x 3 3/8 x 7/16 in)
Type:
Tool and Equipment
Origin:
China
Date:
late 19th century-before 1918
Period:
Qing dynasty to Modern period
Topic:
Modern period (1912 - present)  Search this
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)  Search this
writing  Search this
China  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1980.91.2a-b
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3ba9d5a1c-582f-4d46-9d08-bb99f68f16b5
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1980.91.2a-b

Inkstick in a brocade-covered box

Medium:
Inkstick: soot, animal glue with gilding; box: paper with silk brocade
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 11.5 x 2.6 x 1.5 cm (4 1/2 x 1 x 9/16 in)
Type:
Tool and Equipment
Origin:
China
Date:
1891
Period:
Qing dynasty
Topic:
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)  Search this
writing  Search this
China  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1980.93.2a-b
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
See more items in:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye363ee271f-0805-464b-93d9-0417d6121aa8
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1980.93.2a-b

Inkstick in a brocade-covered box

Medium:
Inkstick: soot, animal glue with gilding; box: paper with silk brocade
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 11.5 x 2.6 x 1.5 cm (4 1/2 x 1 x 9/16 in)
Type:
Tool and Equipment
Origin:
China
Date:
1891
Period:
Qing dynasty
Topic:
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)  Search this
writing  Search this
China  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1980.93.3a-b
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
See more items in:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3ff63e846-1cdf-4c02-afc0-567fbd104665
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1980.93.3a-b

Brocade-covered box for inkstick

Medium:
Paper with silk brocade
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 11.5 x 2.6 x 1.5 cm (4 1/2 x 1 x 9/16 in)
Type:
Container
Origin:
China
Date:
1891
Period:
Qing dynasty
Topic:
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)  Search this
writing  Search this
China  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1980.93.4
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye38863b61a-60db-4654-ad0b-df281dd1a0d0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1980.93.4

Cat and Butterflies

Artist:
Qi Baishi 齊白石 (1864-1957)  Search this
Medium:
Ink and color on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (image): 131 x 28.1 cm (51 9/16 x 11 1/16 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
China
Date:
before 1937
Period:
Modern period
Topic:
Modern period (1912 - present)  Search this
butterfly  Search this
cat  Search this
China  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Shao F. Wang collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Bequest from the collection of Wang Fangyu and Sum Wai, donated in their memory by Mr. Shao F. Wang
Accession Number:
F1998.74
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
On View:
Freer Gallery 13: Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye393d23ba8-1d14-4165-9e80-db0198039a5f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1998.74

Summer chaofu (formal court dress) for a top-rank prince

Medium:
Silk gauze with embroidery in silk and metallic-wrapped threads
Dimensions:
H x W: 141 x 170.2 cm (55 1/2 x 67 in)
Type:
Costume and Textile
Origin:
China
Date:
ca. 1820-1875
Period:
Qing dynasty
Topic:
embroidering  Search this
dragon  Search this
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)  Search this
China  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Shirley Z. Johnson collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Shirley Z. Johnson
Accession Number:
F2015.7
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye37ca20a59-74f8-460e-90a6-c96e9ec7253a
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F2015.7
Online Media:

Carved lacquer dish

Medium:
Carved paste with red, black, and brown lacquer on wood core in imitation of carved lacquer
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 5.2 x 34.9 x 34.9 cm (2 1/16 x 13 3/4 x 13 3/4 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
China
Date:
14th- early 15th century
Period:
Yuan or early Ming dynasty
Topic:
lacquer  Search this
bird  Search this
flower  Search this
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)  Search this
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)  Search this
China  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Arthur M. Sackler
Accession Number:
S1987.380
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye328e8a9ab-6790-46bf-97b7-a7ec050fb083
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_S1987.380

Pendant in the form of a turtle

Medium:
Jade (nephrite)
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 3.4 × 5 × 1.2 cm (1 5/16 × 2 × 1/2 in)
Type:
Jewelry and Ornament
Origin:
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
Date:
ca. 1250-ca. 1050 BCE
Period:
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
Topic:
carving  Search this
jade  Search this
nephrite  Search this
turtle  Search this
Anyang period, Late Shang dynasty (ca. 1300 - 1050 BCE)  Search this
China  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Arthur M. Sackler
Accession Number:
S1987.638
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
On View:
Sackler Gallery 24b: Anyang: China's Ancient City of Kings
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
Jades for Life and Death
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Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3ad12bdc1-1d42-40c7-b9e6-db11c3dffa1b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_S1987.638
Online Media:

Carving of Shakymuni Buddha as an ascetic

Medium:
Jade
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 15.9 x 10.8 x 8.4 cm (6 1/4 x 4 1/4 x 3 5/16 in)
Type:
Sculpture
Origin:
China
Date:
17th-18th century
Period:
Late Ming or Qing dynasty
Topic:
jade  Search this
Buddhism  Search this
Buddha  Search this
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)  Search this
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)  Search this
ascetic  Search this
China  Search this
abhaya mudra  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Arthur M. Sackler
Accession Number:
S1987.723
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3bd259ec4-9afd-48da-8c27-de3e8b17720f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_S1987.723

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