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Drawing, Beating Cotton

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1815 and we acquired it in 1949. Its medium is brush and watercolor on mulberry paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Gustav E. Kissel.

Its dimensions are

20.5 x 20.3 cm (8 1/16 in. x 8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in black ink, in Chinese characters, upper left.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Beating Cotton; China; brush and watercolor on mulberry paper; 20.5 x 20.3 cm (8 1/16 in. x 8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Gustav E. Kissel; 1949-148-2

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