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Can cats see into your soul? This pair of Chinese ceramic cats from the 8th century seem like they can! Likely made for the export market, these distinctive turquoise cats are the products of chemical reactions between alkaline bases and copper oxide additives that occur during kiln-firing. What do you think of these cats? A very special thank you to Sandy Lerner for making this exhibition possible. See "Caticons: The Cat in Art" is on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. http://bit.ly/Caticons . . . This image was posted on January 19, 2019.

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Caticons: The Cat in Art
This nonaviation exhibition was on display between July 2018 and April 2019 in the A-02 International South Cases gallery, located in International Terminal