FMNH 121178.nosub[1]

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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History. | [written in blue] Ind | Country: China. [Field Museum Subject Code written in red] 54B-25/01c | Locality: [ crossed Peking ] Si - ngan. | People: Chinese. Stock. | Name: Painting on silk : portrait of Yama ( Yen-wang), king of death, in blue, a group of hungry Preta below clamoring for food & water. Right hand holds branch of pine & sling (?), let hand alms bowl with waves. Surrounded by flames. Ming period. | Collection: Mrs, T. B. Blackstone Expedition, Berthold Laufer, Collector 1908=1910. | Notes: | Width | Length | Height | Price 3 T. | [LEFT MARGIN] A | 121178 | ENT | 8205 | Acc. 1114 |
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Catalog Number: 121178.nosub[1]
Description: painting
Materials: pigment, silk
Cultural Attribution: Han Chinese
Time Period: Ming
Accession Number: [1114] Blackstone Chinese and Tibetan Expedition - 1908-1910 (Expedition)
Accession Year: 1910
City/Town: Xian - Singanfu
Collector/Source: Blackstone Chinese and Tibetan Expedition - 1908-1910, Berthold Laufer : Field Museum of Natural History
EMu IRN: 1022062
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