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"title": "Images of the Mind",
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"title": "Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia",
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"title": "The Splendor of Chinese Silk \u2013 Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c",
"description": "The Splendor of Chinese Silk \u2013 Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 5-August 12, 2018).",
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"description": "The lavishly embroidered motifs of dragons, clouds, waves, and rocks on this robe form a diagram that symbolizes the universe: the lower horizontal band of waves at the hem represents the oceans that surround the earth, while the prism-shaped rocks emerging from the waves at the sides, front, and back of the coat symbolize the earth. The cloud-filled firmament above the waves shows dragons\u2014symbols of imperial authority. During the Qing dynasty, yellow indicated \u201cimperial\u201d and the color\u2019s use in garments was reserved for the emperor and his consorts. The emperor would have worn this type of court robe at semi-official meetings at court but not when he performed the official state rituals.",
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"citation": "Hall, Chris. Power Dressing: Textiles for Rulers and Priests from the Chris Hall Collection. Singapore: Asian Civilisations Museum, 2006.",
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