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"title": "China\u2019s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta",
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"description": "The carved lacquer box and lobed silver container nearby both feature pairs of birds and flowers on their covers. There is a striking similarity in decoration, shape, and aesthetic appeal. Both boxes suggest that successful designs and shapes circulated among craftsmen, workshops, and beyond regional borders.",
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"citation": "Watt, James C. Y., and Barbara Brennan Ford. East Asian Lacquer: The Florence and Herbert Irving Collection. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1991.",
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"citation": "So\u0304 Gen no bi: denrai no shikki to chu\u0304shin ni [\u5b8b\u5143\u306e\u7f8e : \u4f1d\u6765\u306e\u6f06\u5668\u3092\u4e2d\u5fc3\u306b = Colors and forms of Song and Yuan China - featuring lacquerwares, ceramics and metalwares]. To\u0304kyo\u0304: Nezu Bijutsukan, 2004.",
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"citation": "Negrotti, Rosanna.\"Acquisition of the Year.\" Apollo: The International Magazine for Collectors, December 2011, Vol. 174, Issue 593, pp. 62\u201373.",
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"citation": "\u201cArt of Asia Acquired by North American Museums, 2010-2011.\u201d Archives of Asian Art 62 (2012): 105\u2013153.",
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"url": "https://www.jstor.org/stable/23232806"
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"citation": "Springer, Samantha. \"Re-examining the Cleveland Carved Lacquer Box: The Conservator's Perspective.\" Orientations; Vol. 44 No. 8 (November/December 2013), 76\u201378.",
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