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Buddhist Priest of the Mongol Tartars
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Department of Prints
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor 1st Duke of Westminster Eaton Hall Cheshire by 1884 by descent sold [through Christie's London July 15 2015 lot 172]; to private collection United Kingdom sold [through C. G. Boerner LLC New York] to; Harvard Art Museums 2017
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Richard Norton Memorial Fund
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