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"description": "Bones of Jade, Soul of Ice: The Flowering Plum in Chinese Art. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT (April 17-June 30, 1985); St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO (September 6-November 3, 1985).",
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