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Paper God: God of Wealth Who Increases Fortune Holding a Ruyi Scepter with Four Attendants
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Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Carl Schuster Esq.
Title: Paper God: God of Wealth Who Increases Fortune Holding a Ruyi Scepter with Four Attendants
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