Letters

Letters

A: A letter 8" X 10.5" written on Smithsonian Institution letterhead to John A. Dean from J.E. Lodge curator dated July 30 1934. It responds to an inquiry concerning the meaning of the letters on a Chinese ceiling tile. B: A memo 4.375" X 5.375" "From the desk of John A. Dean" on which are copied lettering from the Chinese ceiling tile and an interpretation of their meaning. C: A letter copy 8.5" X 11" typewritten from John Dean to Curator of The Far East Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York enclosing a monograph and photograph of a ceiling square from the Illi Temple in Jehol China.

1991.003.048