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Section of a Buddhist Sutra
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Department of Asian Art
Philip Hofer (1898-1984) Cambridge MA (by 1984) gift; to Harvard University Art Museums 1984.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Philip Hofer
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