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			<h1><font size="-1" color="#2e3860" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Flowing Clouds with Happiness</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
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							<td><font size="-1" color="#2e3860" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">In the 1980s Fei Baoling </font><font size="+1" color="#2e3860" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">费保龄</font><font size="-1" color="#2e3860" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> painted this kite on silk.  It is 86 by 78 centimeters and bows out 10 centimeters.  It is a slim swallow design, another traditional form of the Chinese kite.  The entire kite is decorated with bats, a symbol of happiness and good fortune.</font></td>
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