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Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise|Eugène-Pierre Gourdet

Design for the decoration of a ceiling with a Chinese blue and white design

1830–97
pen and ink and watercolor on wove paper
26.9 × 37.8 cm (10.6 × 14.9 in)

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