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Branch of Old Blossoming Plum Tree under Full Moon
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Department of Asian Art
[Kang Collection New York (2003)] sold; to Harvard University Art Museums 2003.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
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