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"title": "Woman Holding Plum Blossoms",
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"title": "The Year in Review for 1987",
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"did_you_know": "Tang aristocratic women had a high degree of freedom, especially in contrast with the Neo-Confucianism of the later Song dynasty.",
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"description": "Tang figurines placed in the tombs give a vivid picture of everyday life. Images of elegant ladies in various hairstyles, costumes, and activities suggest the fashion of the time. This example of a plump and flamboyant lady is a common type found in mid-8th-century tombs, especially in the cosmopolitan city of Xi'an. Together with other figurines\u2014court officials, musicians, dancers, hunters, foreign travelers, horses, camels, guardian warriors, and guardian animals\u2014such tomb sculptures accompanied the deceased in the afterlife.",
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"citation": "Bickford, Maggie. Bones of jade, soul of ice: the flowering plum in Chinese art. New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 1985.",
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"citation": "\"Principales Acquisitions des Mus\u00e9es en 1987.\" Gazette des Beaux Arts, Mars 1988, Vol. 111, Issue 130, pp. 1-56.",
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