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Storage Jar with Decoration of Rock, Chrysanthemums, and Insects
View through Harvard Museums
Department of Asian Art
Gregory and Maria C. Henderson Medford MA (by 1963-1988) inherited; by Maria C. Henderson Medford MA (1988-1991) partial gift and partial purchase; to Harvard University Art Museums 1991.
Footnotes:
1. Gregory Henderson (1922-1988)
2. Maria C. Henderson (1923-2007)
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Partial gift of Maria C. Henderson and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
Title: Storage Jar with Decoration of Rock, Chrysanthemums, and Insects
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