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Cover for a Thangka

CultureTibetan
MediumSilk; plain weave
DimensionsOverall: 74 × 38 3/4 inches (187.96 × 98.43 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number35-231 B
On View
Not on view
Exhibition History
No exhbition history known at this time.
Provenance

With Yunk Ku Chai, Ch’ien Men Wai, Beijing, by 1935;

Purchased from Yunk Ku Chai, through Laurence Sickman, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1935 [1].

[1] Note on purchase included in NAMA curatorial file.

Published References
No published references known at this time.
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