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    "localId": "134855",
    "label": "Square Brush Washer:  Guan ware",
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    "id": "134855",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Square Brush Washer:  Guan ware",
    "date": "1127–1279",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 1.2 x 6.4 cm (1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "China, Hangchou, Suburban Altar Kiln, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)"
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    "tec": "glazed stoneware",
    "tombstone": "Square Brush Washer:  Guan ware, 1127–1279. China, Hangchou, Suburban Altar Kiln, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Glazed stoneware; overall: 1.2 x 6.4 cm (1/2 x 2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1957.41",
    "collection": "China - Song Dynasty",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Kleinhenz, Henry J. “Porcelains for Imperial Use: The Sung Dynasty.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 65, no. 4 (April 1978): 135–150.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 145; Reproduced: p. 150b, fig. 21, a",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159578"
        }
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