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Mirror with Foliate Rim and with Inset Silver Plaque

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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
Title: Mirror with Foliate Rim and with Inset Silver Plaque
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