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Title
Fan shaped obidome (obi brooch), inscribed bodai no tame
Artist
Taniguchi Haruki
Physical Description
Metal brooch in the shape of a fan with incised and inlaid decor, including floral designs. "Bodai no tame" is inscribed along with the artist's signature, Taniguchi Haruki, and indecipherable characters.
Century
mid-20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1950-1975
Accession Number
2005/1.369
Medium and Support
metal with incised and inlaid decor
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Coin
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
1736-1795
Accession Number
1982/1.258
Medium and Support
copper
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Mahishasuramardini
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, South India
Century
17th century
Object Creation Date
17th century
Accession Number
1976/2.46
Medium and Support
bronze
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Mirror
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date
1368-1644
Accession Number
1974/1.207
Medium and Support
bronze
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Malli shrine, dated VS 1528 [1471 A.D.]
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
Physical Description
The jina Malli sits in the lotus position on an inlayed cushion on a tiered throne. Seated with his hands folded in a gesture of meditation, he is surrounded by a number of figures representing other jinas, attendants and demigods. In the center in front of the throne sits the goddess Ambika with a child on her lap. On the first tier of the throne sit two figures that may represent donors. On the next left are nine mounds representing the nine planets [navagraha], five to his right and four to his left. At the base of his seat are two stylized lions and this is flanked by a male and female demigod. On the arch surrounding the figure at his level a standing jina figure is to each side and cauri bearer is on the outside of each of them. At his shoulders, the cross bars of the throne back end in stylized makara heads with jewels hanging from their mouths. A seated jina adorns the arch to each side of his head and elephants surmount them with an umbrella over his head with a dancing figure atop it. The whole is surmounted by an auspicious lota or pot. Diamond shaped copper and silver pieces adorn the pillow and parts of the throne back and silver inlay highlight his eyes and chest jewel.
Century
15th century
Object Creation Date
1471
Accession Number
1975/2.121
Medium and Support
brass with copper and silver inlay
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Shallow Bowl with Litchi and Chrysanthemum Design
Artist
Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description
Shallow bowl with celadon glaze. Four concentric circles grace the exterior of the bowl, with a chrysanthemum roundel centered in the inner circle. Above these designs, three thinly incised bands stretch across the bowl parallel to the rim. In this location on the inside of the bowl is a cross-hatched pattern, flanked by one incised line above and two below. Also decorating the inside of the bowls are four sprays of litchis.
Century
14th century
Object Creation Date
14th century
Accession Number
2004/1.244
Medium and Support
stoneware with inlaid decoration under celadon glaze
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Snuff bottle with painted mountain landscape scene
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1825-1900
Accession Number
1980/2.101
Medium and Support
porcelain with blue underglaze painting; coral and ivory stopper
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Unidentified figure (small folk bronze)
Artist
Artist Unknown, India
Object Creation Date
n.d.
Accession Number
1977/2.127
Medium and Support
bronze
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
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Title
Anatomy of the Senses, from "Anatomy of Feelings"
Artist
Vladimir Yankilevsky
Artist Life Dates
Born 1938
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1972
Accession Number
1980/2.243.46
Medium and Support
etching on paper
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
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Title
Huzi (Tiger Pot)
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
4th-5th c
Object Creation Date
317-420
Accession Number
2005/2.81
Medium and Support
stoneware with pale green glaze
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Tea Bowl with Tenmoku-style Glaze
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1983/1.451
Medium and Support
Stoneware with tenmoku glaze
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Torso of a Buddha
Artist
Artist Unknown, Thailand
Century
16th-17th century
Object Creation Date
16th century - 17th century
Accession Number
2005/1.457
Medium and Support
bronze
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Jar with sgraffiato peony design
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description
stone ware jar coated with white slip, decorated with a broad band of sgraffiato designs of peony in brown slip
Century
late 11th century
Object Creation Date
late 11th century
Accession Number
1993/1.44
Medium and Support
stoneware with carved decoration on brushed white and brown slips underglaze
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Rama
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, South India
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
18th century
Accession Number
1977/2.62
Medium and Support
bronze
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Mirror, Lion-and-Grape type
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description
bronze mirror with highly polished surface, back side deocrated with lions and grape motif and an animal shaped knob in the center.
Century
7th-10th century
Object Creation Date
618-907
Accession Number
1958/2.74
Medium and Support
cast bronze with black patina
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Head of Shiva
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Kulu, Himachal Pradesh
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 18th century
Accession Number
1975/2.124
Medium and Support
brass
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Buncheong ware small bottle with chrysanthemum and ruyi ('cloud collar') designs
Artist
Artist Unknown, Korea
Century
late 14th-early 15th century
Object Creation Date
late 14th century - early 15th century
Accession Number
2004/1.260
Medium and Support
stoneware with inlaid incised design under celadon glaze
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Ivory snuff bottle
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1825-1900
Accession Number
1980/2.63
Medium and Support
ivory
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Siva, seated and with four arms
Artist
Artist Unknown, India
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
18th century
Accession Number
1978/2.100
Medium and Support
bronze
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
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Title
Untitled [Four cranes and a person]
Artist
Kawano Kaoru
Physical Description
This work is an abstrated depiction of four cranes and a person.
Artist Life Dates
1916 - 1965
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
mid 20th century
Accession Number
1998/2.27
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Vase, shaped like heishi jar, with spread base
Artist
Seifû Yohei III
Artist Life Dates
1854-1914
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1880s-1914
Accession Number
1954/1.514
Medium and Support
porcelain with Hagi-style glaze
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Rug (Kazak type)
Artist
Artist Unknown, Afghanistan or Caucasus Region
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1982/2.36
Medium and Support
wool
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
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Title
Basket
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
20th century
Accession Number
2006/2.38A&B
Medium and Support
gold lacquer on wood
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Bowl
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
17th-19th century
Object Creation Date
1615-1868
Accession Number
1954/1.548
Medium and Support
Red lacquer on wood
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Covered Box, silver nielloware container for betel chewing
Artist
Artist Unknown, Thailand
Physical Description
The small container with lid has a deeply engraved design filled with black enamel. The body has tight, compact, overall decoration of floral motif, with the stupa-shaped gold fitting on the top. Colored glass pieces were inlayed in the fitting.
Century
19th-early 20th century
Object Creation Date
19th century - early 20th century
Accession Number
2005/1.473.2A&B
Medium and Support
silver niello with gold, enamel, and glass inlay
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Long-necked hu (wine storage jar) with molded low-relief taotie masks at the waist and bands of grooved decoration
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
1st century
Object Creation Date
1st century - 2nd century
Accession Number
1993/1.94
Medium and Support
earthenware, red, with green lead glaze
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
South Indian (Karnatak) Female Figure of a "Mother Goddess" with Child in Her Left Arm & holding Trident in Right Hand
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, South India
Century
17th-18th century
Object Creation Date
17th century - 18th century
Accession Number
1978/2.129
Medium and Support
bronze
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Mask
Artist
Artist Unknown, New Guinea, Southern Maprik Hills
Physical Description
Symmetrical oval mask with a horn with a circle around it, one ear.
Accession Number
1972/2.426
Medium and Support
rattan fiber
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Mirror, Baoxiang-hua type (with designs of floral medallions)
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date
618-907
Accession Number
1974/1.191
Medium and Support
bronze
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Shiva, in his form as ekamukhalinga
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra
Physical Description
Possibly used to cover a linga, a phallic representation of the god Shiva or representing a linga decorated with a face of Shiva, we find a stylized face on a tall, thick cylindrical neck. He is depicted with large, wide open eyes consisting of a double line above and below with a heavy eyebrows above them. A third eye is between them in a vertical direction. He has thick lips and wears a luxurious moustache. A decorated band fits tightly under his chin and may represent a decorated beard of necklaces. At the bottom of the band is a stylized linga on a base, looking like a cross on a line. His ears sport snake earrings and his hair is worn combed back from the forehead in wide matted bands.
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
18th century
Accession Number
1977/2.46
Medium and Support
bronze
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Wine bottle with crackled glaze
Artist
Artist Unknown, Korea
Century
17th century
Object Creation Date
17th century - 18th century
Accession Number
2004/1.276
Medium and Support
stoneware? with celadon glaze
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Bodhisattva, possibly Padmapani, seated in lalitasana and holding a lotus bud in the left hand: part of a Buddhist altar group
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date
618-907
Accession Number
1961/2.71
Medium and Support
gilt bronze
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Mask of the Goddess
Artist
Artist Unknown, India
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
18th century
Accession Number
1978/2.73
Medium and Support
bronze with silver plating
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Courtesan in procession
Artist
Kitagawa Utamaro
Physical Description
This is a portrait of courtesan and her attendant. The courtesan wears a kimono with overall cherry blossom patterns and a darker color cloak with fan, plover and wave design lining with overall cherry blossom design silk; the cloak is slipping from her right shoulder. Her obi is draped in front; it has overall hollyhock pattern. Her face is white; Her hair is sculpted like a balloon on the top and has broad wings to the side. Tortoise-shell comb and multiple hairpins adorn the hair. She is strolling toward the right. Her attendant is walking behind her, her face and body partially hidden by the courtesan. She wears the matching kimono with plover and wave design; her kimono has long sleeves (furisode), whose openings are tied with ribbons. Her obi, with peony and geometric design, is tied at the back. Her hair is in the similar shape as the courtesan but not too exaggerated. But she wears an enormous hair accessory consisting of cherry blossoms and tassels, made of silver. Her face is also in white. The painting is accompanied by poem written by Santô Kyôden with his signature and two seals. On the lower left, there are the artist's signature and seal. The mounting is made of silk brocade with embroidery in the design of clematis and millets.
Artist Life Dates
1754-1806
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1793-1795
Accession Number
1962/1.104
Medium and Support
ink, white pigment, and red color on paper
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Ovoid minature vase with black glaze
Artist
Seifû Yohei III
Artist Life Dates
1854-1914
Century
Late 19th-early 20th century
Object Creation Date
1880s-1914
Accession Number
1954/1.511
Medium and Support
Stoneware with blue-black glaze
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Tate-e Edition): #38 Fujikawa
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
A village by a lake is shown in the snow. Several travelers are walking in the streets. The snow is steadily fallling and covers their hats, the roofs of the houses, the trees and the mountains. The title is in the upper right corner in a red box.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1855
Accession Number
1960/2.142
Medium and Support
full color woodblock print (nishiki e)
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
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Title
Charger
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
14th century
Object Creation Date
1300-1350
Accession Number
2008/2.4
Medium and Support
Stoneware with celadon glaze
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Leaf-shaped dish
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
2001/1.358
Medium and Support
Stoneware with celadon glaze
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Portrait of an unidentified Tibetan lama (teacher)
Artist
Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
Physical Description
A very finely hollow cast bronze portrait sculpture of a seated figure, with the lotus dais and pointed monk's cap cast in one piece with the figure.
The monk is shown seated in the padmasana (lotus) pose, with each foot resting sole-upward on the opposite knee. In his right hand, he holds a vajra (a double-pronged scepter) and simultaneously makes the vitarka gesture for teaching. His left hand, resting on his lap, holds a bell. His costume consists of a dhoti, which is knotted high on his torso; a short-sleeved shirt, crossed over his chest and decorated with incised scroll patterns, with a fret design at the border; and an overrobe that wraps around his left shoulder and is draped over his right shoulder. His face has a broad forehead, incised eyebrows in a high arch; downcast eyes, with leaf-shaped upper eyelids; a broad, flat nose; a sweet smile and full lips; and a narrow chin. His tall, pointed monk's cap, which completely hides his hair, has flaps that spread to reach his upper arms.
Accession Number
1995/1.57
Medium and Support
bronze
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Honan ware teabowl
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date
13th century
Accession Number
1983/1.444
Medium and Support
Stoneware with black glaze
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Hanuman
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu
Physical Description
Hanuman stands on a tiered base, which starts square and sloped, then is square and straight up and then round sloped and ringed. He has a human body and a monkey’s head. He stands in an unbending stance with his hands in anjali mudra, held up to his chest with palms together in a prayer gesture. He wears a diaphanous garment from the waist down with only the edged decorated and depicted with a series of belts and sashes hanging in front of it. He wears a number of necklaces and armlets. His face is very worn and far less realistic than the body with the large round eyes incised with eyebrows above and a large circle on his forehead. His mouth is a simple slit.
Century
17th century
Object Creation Date
17th century
Accession Number
1976/2.53
Medium and Support
bronze
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Hotei
Artist
Ogata Kôrin
Physical Description
The shape of the circle repeats four times in this painting. It appears in the plump body of Hotei, his head, his large white sack, and the overall shape of the fan.
Artist Life Dates
(Kyoto, 1658 - 1716)
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1700-1716
Accession Number
1965/1.157
Medium and Support
ink and light color on paper
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Qingbai ware bowl with incised and comb-marked decoration.
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date
960-1279
Accession Number
1973/2.19
Medium and Support
porcelain, incised, with Qingbai glaze
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Parshvanatha (small folk bronze)
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
Century
20th-century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1975/2.122
Medium and Support
bronze
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Preserve Jar with Lid
Artist
Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description
Dark brown glaze has been dripped over the pot from above, allowing it to flow unevenly so that the lighter clay body shows through in an unpredictable pattern. The jar appears rounded in gradations, and has a small circular lid, as well as base.
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
2004/1.294A&B
Medium and Support
Stoneware with mottled dark brown glaze
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
A Votive plaque depicting the Buddha Amitâbha (Chinese, Amitofou) preaching in his Western Paradise
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description
A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief scene..
Century
7th-9th century
Object Creation Date
618-907
Accession Number
1964/2.18
Medium and Support
terracotta, molded
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Deity with tripart crown (small folk bronze)
Artist
Artist Unknown, India
Object Creation Date
n.d.
Accession Number
1979/2.65
Medium and Support
bronze
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Ceramic roof tile with fragment of apsara, cloud designs
Artist
Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description
It is a fragment of roof-end tile with apsara design in relief.
Century
6th century
Object Creation Date
6th century
Accession Number
1979/2.3
Medium and Support
earthenware
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION: Tôto Meisho Series: White Rain on Nihon Bridge (Nihonbashi no shirazame)
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
Vertical lines stream downward across the print indicate torrents of rain. Several travelers with umbrallas and straw hats are walking across the bridge over the river. A village alongside the river and mountains are shown in the background.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
20th century?
Object Creation Date
circa 1920 - circa 1940
Accession Number
1948/1.140
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Title
Bencharong Ware Spitton with Buddhist dieties Thapanom and Norasingh, and Chinese fire patterns
Artist
Artist Unknown, China, Bencharong ware
Physical Description
Bencharong ware spittoon made in a private kiln in Jingdezhen, China, for Thai market. Probably ordered from Thai royalty, under the reign of Rama II (r. 1809-1824). It is the porcelain ware enameled with multiple colors, in the style called “five colors” (“bencharong” refers to five colors in Sanskrit). It has a large mouth and bulbous shape, with design of minor Buddhist deities Thepanom and Norasingh, and Chinese fire patterns.
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
early 19th century
Accession Number
2005/1.464
Medium and Support
porcelain with overglaze enamel painting
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Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
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