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HUA CHING (FLOWER MIRROR), SECRET TRADITION.

Classification

Prints

Medium

Five volumes of thread-bound woodblock-printed books; ink on paper

Culture

Chinese

Period

Qing dynasty, 1644-1911

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Provenance

The Yellow Hall, Shanghai 6/41

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