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"citation": "Zhu, Yan \u6731\u7430, Stephen W. Bushell, and Franc\u0327ois Xavier Dentrecolles. Description of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain; Being a Translation of the Tao Shuo \u9676\u8aaa. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1910.",
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"citation": "Von Spee, Clarissa. \"Chinese Ceramics and Works on Paper.\" In The Keithley Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art, edited by Heather Lemonedes Brown, 194\u2013229. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2022.",
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