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Nishikawa's Comparison of Warriors (Nishikawa musha-kurabe)
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Department of Asian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia
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Neck Amphora (storage jar): Warriors in Battle
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