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approximate date.  The stuffs brought by von le Coq, like those brought by Pelliot, Stein and the Russian explorers, illustrate designs and techniques still in use today in China and Japan. 

Among the sculpture were many examples showing a Western influence similar to that which was so conspicuous in the painting.  In fact it was remarkable that a collection so large and so diversified in material should present such a unified appearance from the point of view of style and influences.

A technical detail worth noticing in connection with the remarkable manner in which large surfaces of decorated stucco have been removed and transported by both the Stein and von le Coq expeditions.  The American School may expect to be confronted by the same problem at some time in Western China, where it will be necessary to preserve material of this sort by transporting it to Peking.  The mechanical processes used by these expeditions should be studied by us before engaging on such a task.

Dr. Hubert Schmidt of this Museum was absent on sick leave and Dr. Grunwedel was also away.
[[underline]]KUNSTGEWERBE[[/underline]]  At the Kunstgewerbe Museum, Dr. Cohn was[[underline]]MUSEUM[[/underline]] not accessible, but Dr. Kummel brought out his most important Chinese and Japanese paintings, and gave me a good opportunity to study them at leisure.
Among the best examples shown were a Sung [[strikethrough]]Ahrat [[/strikethrough]]^[[Arhat]] and a waterfall (1) (in the North Sung manner), a seemingly Sung-Yuan 
(1) Reproduced in Tajima's "Selected Relics". 

Transcription Notes:
There are handwritten umlauts above the letters "u" in the names "Grunwedel" and "Kummel"