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    "localId": "140259",
    "label": "Vase in the Form of Archaic Hu",
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    "id": "140259",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Vase in the Form of Archaic Hu",
    "description": "The square vase made entirely of jade imitates a ceramic or metal type with a corded string around its shoulder. Superbly carved are also the rings that hang loosely in handles held by feline animal heads.",
    "date": "1700s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.237",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 14.4 cm (5 11/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)"
    ],
    "accession": "1964.237"
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    "tec": "pale greenish-white jade with brown markings",
    "tombstone": "Vase in the Form of Archaic Hu, 1700s. China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911). Pale greenish-white jade with brown markings; overall: 14.4 cm (5 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, 1964.237",
    "collection": "China - Qing Dynasty",
    "didYouKnow": "Appreciated for its durability, hardness, luster, and subdued colors, jade was considered one of the most precious materials in China.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "<em>Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: cat. no. 203, p. 93"
        }
    ],
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    "creditline": "Severance and Greta Millikin Collection",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 07:11:46.117000",
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    "sourceId": 140259,
    "dept": "Chinese Art",
    "coll": "China - Qing Dynasty",
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