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"tombstone": "Fire-flame Cooking Vessel (Ka'en Doki) (\u706b\u7114\u571f\u5668), c. 2500 BCE. Japan, J\u014dmon period (c. 10,500\u2013300 BCE). Earthenware with carved and applied decoration; height: 61 cm (24 in.); diameter: 55.8 cm (21 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1984.68",
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"title": "Object in Focus: Jomon Pots: The World's Oldest Ceramic Tradition",
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"id": 311658,
"title": "Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation",
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"title": "Highlights of Japanese Art",
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"did_you_know": "Scientifically tested residues from J\u014dmon vessels reveal that their makers consumed detoxified acorns.",
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"description": "Archaeologists call this kind of vessel \u201cfire flame,\u201d ka\u2019en in Japanese, because its top resembles flames. No one knows why the design was made or what it actually represents. This example is remarkable for the amount that is original. It was recently determined that a bottom from a different vessel was used during its reconstruction in the 1900s, creating a false impression of its intended scale; it would have initially been about four inches shorter. Since their lower portions were set into holes in the ground during use, bases of pots like this one often deteriorate and may be missing when they are excavated.",
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"citation": "Munsterberg, Hugo, and Marjorie Munsterberg. World Ceramics: From Prehistoric to Modern Times. New York: Penguin Studio Books, 1998.",
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"citation": "May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.",
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"citation": "Schirokauer, Conrad. A Brief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations. Australia: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2006.",
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"citation": "30,000 Years of Art: The Story of Human Creativity Across Time and Space. London: Phaidon, 2007.",
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"citation": "Franklin, David and C. Griffith Mann. Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012.",
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"citation": "\u201cA Walking Tour: The entire new museum wing by wing, with curators calling out a few favorite works in the collection.\u201d Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 54, no. 1 (January/February 2014): 8\u201333.",
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"url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2014-01"
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"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum Masters: 2016-17 Companion Guide. [Cleveland, OH]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016.",
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"citation": "Fortenberry, Diane, ed. The Art Museum. London; New York: Phaidon Press, 2017.",
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"citation": "Vilbar, Sin\u00e9ad. \u201cTriumphant Returns: Treasured paintings on loan to Japanese museums and archaeological collections go back on display in Cleveland.\u201d Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 59, no. 1 (January/February 2019): 12\u201313.",
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"url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2019-01"
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"citation": "Miyao, Toru \u5bae\u5c3e\u4ea8. \"Flame pot in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection\" [\u30af\u30ea\u30fc\u30d6\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9\u7f8e\u8853\u9928\u53ce\u8535\u306e\u706b\u7114\u578b\u571f\u5668]. Niigata Prefectural Museum of History Research Bulletin [\u65b0\u6f5f\u770c\u7acb\u6b74\u53f2\u535a\u7269\u9928\u7814\u7a76\u7d00\u8981 = Niigata Kenritsu Rekishi Hakubutsukan kenkyu\u0304 kiyo\u0304] no. 20 (March 2019), pp. 85\u201394.",
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