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illustrates the achievements of Chinese culture through the presentation of masterpieces dating from the Neolithic Period through Five Dynasties (5000 B.C. to A.D. 924), many discovered since the late 1970s and not seen before in the United States. (National Gallery of Art)
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Jade coiled dragon |
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