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given as its equivalent in the definitive dictionary: Dai kanwa 7. See the entry for peachbloom amphora vases
jiten 9: 10083-10084. The dictionary entry also mentions that (1942.9.516-520).
this vegetable is sometimes confused with the turnip.
6. A wide range of paintings of Guanyin can be found in
Kannon 1974. For information on the images, see Fontein and REFERENCES
Hickman 1970, 47-48; also Princeton 1976, 48-53. The Nelson- 1907 Duveen: 202, no. 365 [1942.9.494].
Atkins Museum in Kansas City has a painting of a "Water- _
moon Guanyin with a vase of similar form to these amphora 1911 Goer: 74, no., 368, repro. [1942.9.492]; no. 371 [1942-9.493].
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vases placed in what appears to be a glass bowl sitting next to X n G ™er and Blacker: 2: pi. 161, center [1942.9.492].
the figure. However, surmounting the everted mouth of the ves- 1947 Christensen: 30 [repro., p. 33:1942.9.492]; 1956: 30 [fig. 15:
sel is a tall narrow spout, and in that a willow frond is inserted. 1942.9.492].
See Lee and Ho 1968, no. 207, repro.
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