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"description": "Bamboo Carving of China. China House Gallery, China Institute in America, New York, NY (March 18-May 29, 1983); Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO (July 24-September 11, 1983); Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (October 3, 1983-January 15, 1984).",
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"description": "In China, access to political power was granted to those who passed the civil service examinations, a system that offered official service only at a high level of education. Chinese literati-officials whose daily routine was administrative work in an office, enjoyed precious objects on their writing desks that offered distraction and demonstrated good taste. By the Ming (1368\u20131644) and Qing (1644\u20131911) dynasties, these utensils of the literati studio became also collectibles and were treasured as artworks.
Desk objects included paper weights, seals and seal paste boxes, brush rests, wrist rests, brush holders, water droppers, ink cakes, miniature mountains, and albums, all ranging in material from jade, gilt bronze, lacquer, and wood to porcelain.",
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"citation": "Lee, Sherman E. \u201cThe Year in Review for 1977.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 65, no. 1 (1978): 2\u201342.",
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