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    "label": "One of Five Serving Bowls (Mukozuke) with Prunus Design",
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    "title": "One of Five Serving Bowls (Mukozuke) with Prunus Design",
    "description": "Note the rough, tan, clay bodies of these bowls with their deliberate irregularities.  The design of branches was first painted in a black iron oxide, then the blossoms and buds in a white slip, followed by the application of a very thin transparent overglaze.",
    "date": "1700s-1800s",
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    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.); Each side: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.)",
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        "Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)"
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            "inscription": "signature on bottom, 3 characters in brown iron."
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