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In the center is an ornately carved thrown and behind the thrown is a carved screen. Each of the four sections of screens has a tablet. On either side of the photograph are two scrolls hanging from the ceiling. An ornately carved fence lines the room. In front of the thrown are steps, and on the steps are four tables, each holding a vessel.
photographs
paper (fiber product)
photographic materials
Print, Photographic
"TRANSLATION OF THE TABLETS OVER THE / IMPERIAL DRAGON THRONE OF CHINA (printed)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P411
Unknown
12 12/16 x 15 11/16 x 14/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.834
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