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    "localId": "130210",
    "label": "Double Dragon Plaque",
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    "id": "130210",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Double Dragon Plaque",
    "date": "475–221 BCE",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.579",
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    "wikidata": [
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    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 4.4 cm (1 3/4 in.)",
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        "China, Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–256 BCE), Warring States period (475–221 BCE)"
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    "tec": "nephrite",
    "tombstone": "Double Dragon Plaque, 475–221 BCE. China, Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–256 BCE), Warring States period (475–221 BCE). Nephrite; overall: 4.4 cm (1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift, 1952.579",
    "collection": "China - Zhou Dynasty",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "University of Pennsylvania. <em>Archaic Chinese Jades; Special Exhibition, February, 1940</em>. Philadelphia: University Museum, 1940.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: cat. no. 178"
        },
        {
            "citation": "<em>An Exhibition of Chinese Archaic Jades: Arranged for Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, January 20 to March 1, 1950</em>. New York: C.T. Loo, Inc, 1950.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: pl. XLII, no.8"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Lee, Sherman E. “Chinese Carved Jades.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 41, no. 4 (April 1954): 67–68, 71.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: pp. 67–68; Reproduced: p. 71",
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        }
    ],
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