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"title": "K'o-ssu: Chinese Silk Tapestry",
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"title": "The Splendor of Chinese Silk \u2013 Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c",
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"citation": "Spee, Clarissa von. \"From the SIlk Road to the Imperial Court: Chinese Textiles in the Cleveland Museum of Art.\" Arts of Asia 48, no. 3(May-June 2018): 50-56.",
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