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Pear-Shaped Ewer with Floral and Crand-and-Cloud Decor
View through Harvard Museums
Department of Asian Art
Gregory (1922-1988) and Maria C. Henderson (1923-2007) Medford MA (by 1969-1988) inherited; by Maria C. Henderson Medford MA (1988-1991) partial gift and partial purchase; to Harvard University Art Museums 1991.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Partial gift of Maria C. Henderson and partial purchase through a fund established by Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane for the purchase of Asian art
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