Word: woodblock
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...century; three capitals, five small pieces of sculpture, and eleven small bronzes from the Antioch expedition; two drawings by Picasso; water colors or paintings by Charles H. Woodbury, Stuart Henry and Raymond Breinin; two water colors by Dobujinsky; an album of lithographs by Gustave Dore, "La Menagerie Parisienne," Chinese woodblock prints of the 18th century; a Lydian potter ointment vase of the 6th century; and a silver tablespoon by Zachariah Brigden...
...number of clay figures, turned to a sort of a terra-cotta when fire was set to the temple and which show unmistakable signs of hellenistic influence. From another temple of the eighth century come many Sanskrit and Tokharian manuscripts, and also figures carved in wood, including the oldest woodblock extant, cut before 800 A. D., for printing an image of Buddha...
During the year, the print department received a notable addition in the form of a fifteenth-century Venetian woodblock, a gift of Elmer Adler '22. A large number of prints were donated to the Museum's collection, strengthening weak spots in the assortment...