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"title": "Ceremonial Blade with Three Perforations (Dao)",
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"did_you_know": "Although it may look made of metal, this blade is actually skillfully worked jade.",
"description": "This impressive blade combines the beauty of material, precision of geometry, and mastery of technique. The fine polish, silken sheen, and extreme thinness (only 2 mm thick) make it an outstanding example of meticulous workmanship in ancient jade craft. Recent recoveries of similar blades from a pit of a Qijia cultural site located in northwest China reveal that they were originally standing on their edges and were arranged in parallel formations at the ritual ground.",
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"citation": "Loehr, Max and Louisa G. Fitzgerald Huber. Ancient Chinese Jades from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University: [Exhibited ... January 22-March 18, 1975]. Cambridge, Mass: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1975.",
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"citation": "Shaanxi Sheng kao gu yan jiu suo, and Yulin Shi wen wu bao hu yan jiu suo \u9655\u897f\u7701\u8003\u53e4\u784f\u7a76\u6240, \u6986\u6797\u5e02\u6587\u7269\u4fdd\u62a4\u7814\u7a76\u6240. Shen mu xin hua \u795e\u6728\u65b0\u534e. Beijing: Ke xue chu ban she, 2005.",
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