LR side has image of the Virgin under a shelter holding Christ Child; line of figures weave throughout image; most figures bear gifts; mountainous background with western architecture; eight Chinese characters throughout image; star at URC

The Adoration of the Magi, plate from Giulio Aleni's "Tianzhu jiangsheng zhuxiang jingjie" (An Illustrated History of the Lord of Heaven Who Became Incarnate in the Flesh), Jinjiang Church, Fujian Province, China, 1637

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Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1925expand_more  P.10,510

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The Adoration of the Magi, plate from Giulio Aleni's "Tianzhu jiangsheng zhuxiang jingjie" (An Illustrated History of the Lord of Heaven Who Became Incarnate in the Flesh), Jinjiang Church, Fujian Province, China
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P.10,510
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LR side has image of the Virgin under a shelter holding Christ Child; line of figures weave throughout image; most figures bear gifts; mountainous background with western architecture; eight Chinese characters throughout image; star at URC