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"title": "Wedding Fan",
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"id": 373312,
"title": "Gold Needles: Embroidery Arts from Korea",
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"description": "(Langdon Warner [1881\u20131955] sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)",
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"description": "In the Joseon period, women between the ages of 14 and 20 were matched with a husband through an arranged marriage. Even during the marriage ceremony, a bride was supposed to veil her face with this type of embroidered fan as a gesture of chastity. The fan\u2019s body is made of paper and silk trimmed with a gilded metal rim. On the front, four cranes\u2014one pair in blue, the other in yellow\u2014are stitched along with auspicious clouds. The back is adorned with dragons flying amid clouds. The metal band vertically running down the center is incised with a bat, a symbol of wealth.",
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"citation": "Ye, Yonghae. \"Buchae.\" Yeyonghae ch\u014fnjip. Soeul: Daewonsa, 2002.",
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"url": "http://www.dbpia.co.kr/Article/2852446"
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"citation": "Sim, Nam-ho. \"Empirical Study on the Fan in latter Chosun Dynasty.\" Dong asia godaehak vol. 49 (March 2018): 243\u2013270.",
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"citation": "Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and \uad6d\uc678\uc18c\uc7ac\ubb38\ud654\uc7ac\uc7ac\ub2e8. The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Edited by An Min-hu\u0306i. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021.",
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"citation": "\"February 2021 Object of the Month.\" The Asian Art Newspaper: Monthly for Collectors, Dealers, Museums and Galleries, 31 January 2021.",
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