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    "localId": "132010",
    "label": "Plate with Phoenix and Peonies",
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    "id": "132010",
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    "title": "Plate with Phoenix and Peonies",
    "date": "late 1500s–early 1600s",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 47.3 cm (18 5/8 in.); Overall: 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.)",
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        "China, Southern Fujian province, Ming dynasty (1368-1644)"
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    "tec": "Porcelain with underglaze blue, \"Swatow\" ware",
    "tombstone": "Plate with Phoenix and Peonies, late 1500s–early 1600s. China, Southern Fujian province, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Porcelain with underglaze blue, \"Swatow\" ware; diameter: 47.3 cm (18 5/8 in.); overall: 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Osborne and Victor Hauge, 1954.579",
    "collection": "China - Ming Dynasty",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 867",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n154"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Carswell, John, and Jean McClure Mudge. <em>Blue and White: Chinese Porcelain and Its Impact on the Western World</em>. Chicago: The David and Alfred Smart Gallery, 1985.",
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        }
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