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        "title": "Scepter in the Shape of a Ruyi Fungus",
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                    "title": "Year in Review: 1970",
                    "description": "<i>Year in Review: 1970</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).",
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                    "title": "Realm of the Immortals: Daoism in the Arts of China",
                    "description": "<i>Realm of the Immortals: Daoism in the Arts of China</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-April 10, 1988).",
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        "description": "The <em>ruyi</em> scepter was among the decorative items collected by the Chinese literati. It was thought that lofty and refined men of ancient times\u2014the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove of the late 200s CE\u2014carried ruyi scepters during the so-called pure conversations of the Daoists. The name ruyi (literally, as one wishes) conveys blessings of wish fulfillment. The fungus-shaped head is an emblem of immortality.",
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