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Buddhist Priests

Asian Art

MEDIUM Tinted albumen silver photographs
  • Place Made: Japan
  • DATES ca. 1900
    PERIOD Meiji Period
    DIMENSIONS 10 3/8 x 7 7/8 in. (26.4 x 20 cm)  (show scale)
    INSCRIPTIONS Inscribed: "193. Buddhist Priests"
    COLLECTIONS Asian Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 86.256.24
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Matthew Dontzin
    PROVENANCE Prior to 1986, provenance not yet documented; by 1986, acquired by Matthew Dontzin of New York, NY; 1986, gift of Matthew Dontzin to the Brooklyn Museum.
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    CAPTION Buddhist Priests, ca. 1900. Tinted albumen silver photographs, 10 3/8 x 7 7/8 in. (26.4 x 20 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Matthew Dontzin, 86.256.24 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.256.24.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, Storage Inventory Project, CUR.86.256.24.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2011
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