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Circular Dish with Dragon Decor
View through Harvard Museums
Department of Asian Art
Peter W. Scheinman purchased at Christie's New York in September 2001 (Sale 9822 Lot 155)
Formerly in the Mr. and Mrs. Myron S. Falk Jr. Collection New York
Mr. and Mrs. Myron S. Falk Jr. purchased from dealer Mathias Komor New York in 1949
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Partial gift of Peter W. Scheinman and partial purchase through a fund established by Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane for the purchase of Asian art
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