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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).", "opening_date": "1990-07-05T04:00:00"}, {"id": 311497, "title": "Asian Autumn: Splendid Variety: 18th-Century Art in Japan", "description": "<i>Asian Autumn: Splendid Variety: 18th-Century Art in Japan</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1993-March 6, 1994).", "opening_date": "1993-11-16T05:00:00"}, {"id": 197104, "title": "The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art", "description": "<i>The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011).", "opening_date": "2011-03-27T00:00:00"}, {"id": 705668, "title": "\u201cBunjin\u201d in Japanese Art", "description": "<i>\u201cBunjin\u201d in Japanese Art</i>. 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[1895\u20131985] and Greta [Marguerite Steckerl] Millikin [1903\u20131989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "1960\u20131964", "sortorder": 2}, {"description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "1964\u2013", "sortorder": 3}], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": "This design shows the changing of the seasons: one side depicts a peony blossom in the spring, and the other side continues with chrysanthemums and an orchid in the autumn.", "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "Spring peonies, summer orchids, and autumn chrysanthemums bloom at the same time amid garden rocks. These underglaze blue motifs were inspired by similar designs on Chinese ceramics made for export to Europe. 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