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    "label": "Teacups with Dragons",
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    "id": "447083",
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    "title": "Teacups with Dragons",
    "description": "Seifū Yohei I made both blue and white porcelains after Ming dynasty (1368–1644) Chinese wares fired in the kilns at Jingdezhen for export. He also made colorful stoneware in the style of his teacher, Nin’ami Dōhachi (Takahashi Dōhachi II) (1783–1855).",
    "date": "1840s–57",
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    "dimensionsRaw": "height (each): 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.); diameter (each): 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)",
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    "tec": "Set of five tea cups; porcelain with underglaze blue",
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    "titleInOriginalLanguage": "煎茶茶碗",
    "collection": "Japanese Art",
    "didYouKnow": "A small figure of an elephant serves as the handle for the lid.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Maezaki, Shinya and Sinéad Vilbar. <em>Colors of Kyoto: The Seifū Yohei Ceramic Studio</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023.",
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