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    "localId": "140201",
    "label": "Daoist Immortal Han Xiangzi",
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    "id": "140201",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Daoist Immortal Han Xiangzi",
    "description": "One of the Eight Immortals, Han Xiangzi was said to be the nephew of the famous Tang dynasty poet Han Yu (768–824). He is usually shown as a young boy holding a flute. Han is wearing a white robe decorated with peonies, hinting at his identity as the patron of florists and his legendary ability to make peonies bloom in winter. A four-clawed dragon, a decorative motif typically used for imperial nobility and certain high-ranking officials, decorates Han’s robe.",
    "date": "1662–1722",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.194",
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    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.194/1964.194_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 28.3 cm (11 1/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi reign (1662-1722)"
    ],
    "accession": "1964.194"
}

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    "tec": "porcelain with famille verte overglaze enamel decoration",
    "tombstone": "Daoist Immortal Han Xiangzi (韓湘子), 1662–1722. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi reign (1662-1722). Porcelain with famille verte overglaze enamel decoration; overall: 28.3 cm (11 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, 1964.194",
    "titleInOriginalLanguage": "韓湘子",
    "collection": "China - Qing Dynasty",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "<em>Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 75, no. 78"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Tannenbaum, Barbara.<em> Ann Hamilton: Still and Moving: The Tactile Image</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2025.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 314"
        }
    ],
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    "creditline": "Severance and Greta Millikin Collection",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 07:11:21.968000",
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    "sourceId": 140201,
    "dept": "Chinese Art",
    "coll": "China - Qing Dynasty",
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