"It is exciting to be able to support the study of the history and culture of Chinese art at the Art Museums," Dworsky wrote.
The Department of Asian Art at the Sackler Museum is one of the largest in Harvard University Art Museums and includes over 18,700 works of art. The collections include archaic jades and a collection of paintings that includes 30 masterworks. The collection also includes extensive Korean art holdings as well as Thai and other Southeast Asian illuminated manuscripts.