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Withered Banana Tree and Sparrows
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Department of Asian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Anonymous Fund
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Sparrows on a Branch of Nandina in Winter
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Pair of Screens: Sparrows on a Blossoming Cherry Tree
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painting (watercolour): ["The Tree Feller"]
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On the left of the picture is a very large dead tree trunk, situated in the foreground. Behind it are healthy trees which grow down a slope to the right of the picture. In the cent...
Sparrows on a Blossoming Cherry Tree Branch
Sparrows on a Blossoming Cherry Tree Branch
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Village in Martinique (Femmes et Chevre dans le village)
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Untitled (Banyan Trees, Palm Tree, and Altar)
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