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Two Birds on a Rock Nestled amidst Pinks Near a Stream
View through Harvard Museums
Department of Asian Art
Nelson Goodman (1906-1998) Newton MA (by 1994) sold; to Harvard University Art Museums 1994.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Louise Haskell Daly Fund and through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
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Urn with lid. Kangxi, Qing Dynasty
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