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White rectangular label with \"L.80.17.8\" written in pencil. \n3. Fabric tape cut to rectangular shape with \"L.2161.49 /39\" written in black ink. \n4. White round label from Lally & Co. New York with \"X2295\" written in black ink.", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null}], "exhibitions": {"current": [{"id": 396695, "title": "Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection", "description": "<i>Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection</i>. 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Keithley)", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "?\u2013April 2018", "sortorder": 3}, {"description": "Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "April 2018\u20132020", "sortorder": 4}, {"description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "2020\u2013", "sortorder": 5}], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": "In Chinese mythology, the dragon is believed to transport human souls to the heavens after death.", "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "A fierce coiling dragon chasing a pearl amid mist and clouds\u2014a symbol of fertility and power\u2014decorates this sturdy vase. Its shoulder is incised with a band of lotus flowers and the base features a border of lotus petals. <em>Meiping, </em>literally prunus vase, derives its name from being used to display a single floral spray, traditionally a branch of blossoming plum (or <em>prunus</em>), apricot, or cherry.", "external_resources": {"wikidata": ["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q87481271"], "internet_archive": ["https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-2020.189-meiping-vase-with-dr", "https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-2020.189-meiping-vase-with-ca"]}, "citations": [{"citation": "Trubner, Henry. <em>Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period Through Ch'ien Lung; A Loan Exhibition from Collections in America and Japan. March 14 to April 27, 1952</em>. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum, 1952.", "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: no. 187, p. 83", "url": ""}, {"citation": "Salisbury, Tonya. <em>The Role of Dragons in Chinese Culture</em>. 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