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Jade Spearhead in a Bronze Socket
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Department of Asian Art
Grenville L. Winthrop New York (by 1943) bequest; to Fogg Art Museum 1943.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
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