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Peking, China Ja yuan Fu Hutung Jung Han Misa Wai February 7th 1913 [[left margin]] Ansd March 16th [[/left margin]] Dear Sir, May I be permitted to write to you although my name might be unknown to you? I have come to China to study Chinese art, and at present I am especially interested in sculptures. As I have travelled a good deal through the provinces (I am, since one year, in China, I have collected some new scientific material which I intend to publish in the Burlington Magazine, of which I am a collaborator