Asian Art and Ceramics: Background Material
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Pope, John Alexander, 1906-1982
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content: John Alexander Pope Papers
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content: John Alexander Pope Papers / Series 4: Research Materials: Subject Files
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A1988.01, Subseries 4.1
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content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Pope had a large collection of notecards and other materials that covered history, art, religion, ceramics and miscellaneous information on Asian countries, especially China and Japan. It includes a collection of photographs of Asian art objects. This material was separate from background information contained in his country subject files.