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Chinese Beauty
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Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles 2018
Title: Chinese Beauty
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Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan.
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