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China Pavilion.
A very excellent door way now standing
some distance in front of the pavilion. To the
left outside a splendid out house, Both of these
exhibits could be used in the ethnographic
collection.
Inside there are three small houses,
with the fronts elaborately incised in ivory and
carved. In the building to the left is a wooden
scroll with three pieces of carved jade
[on the waiting hells]
stone.
The building to the right and left are fairly alike.
[China room inspection above]
The layer one in the rear is large and elaborately
decorated with golden dragons and much lofty
chinese embroidery.
China exhibits in varied Arts has con-
centrated our bottle in amethyst, quartz and some
jade. In another case there are quite a number
of large light green jade carving, and birds.
Also great piece of malachite set together to represent
a canopy!