#hina matsuri
Two sets of hina dolls on display in Takahama, Gifu Prefecture. According to the original photographer, GP Witteveen, the set on the left is from 1965, while the set on the right is from 1910 (minus the two ceramic hina dolls on the fifth tier, I assume).
In Memory of Jacqueline Avant,
Jacqueline Avant, 81, was fatally shot in her Beverly Hills home early on Wednesday.
The beloved wife of legendary music producer Clarence Avant, and mother of two children, Alexander Du Bois Avant and former US Ambassador to the Bahamas Nicole Avant.
Jacqueline Avant was a former model well-known for her activity in the arts and philanthropy in Southern California. She supported the UCLA International Student Center and was past president of the Neighbors of Watts, a charitable organization connected to the non-profit South Central Community Child Care Center.
She was also known as an avid collector of Japanese lacquered boxes. In 2013, the Crow Museum of Asian Art in Dallas presented “Gold on Black: Japanese Lacquer from the Jacqueline Avant Collection,” with 40 works selected by Hollis Goodall, Curator of Japanese Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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