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    "label": "Yu-hai (Ocean of Jade) woodblock bound volume",
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    "title": "Yu-hai (Ocean of Jade) woodblock bound volume",
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    "didYouKnow": "When each book is rolled to form a cylinder, a landscape appears on the edges, painted in ink and washes of color.",
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        {
            "citation": "Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1975.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 63, no. 2 (1976): 31–71.",
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