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WCMA
has substantial holdings in the ancient art of Egypt,
Assyria, Greece and Rome. Almost 700 works, 6 percent of the collection,
represent art of world cultures, with a strength in south
Asian work. With the 1993 bequest of 60 important works of
Indian art, WCMA's collection of Rajput and Mughal paintings
of the 17th to 19th centuries, already significant, has become
the foremost college museum collection of such art. The collection
also includes fine examples of 17th-century Chinese painting
and calligraphy and a collection of African art and artifacts,
developed in conjunction with specific college courses. The
African collection, started in the 1970s, has been enlarged
by a significant number of gifts.
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