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"description": "Phoenix-headed ewers of this type have been unearthed at Xicun in Guangdong province. Wares with a thick and coarse body were fired in local Xicun kilns, but those with a thin and refined body\u2014such as this piece\u2014were likely produced at Jingdezhen in Jiangxi province.",
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"citation": "Leidy, Denise Patry. Celadon on the Seas: Chinese Ceramics from the 9th to the 14th Century. New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 2024.",
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