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    "localId": "150875",
    "label": "Busts and Animals Under Tree of Life",
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    "id": "150875",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Busts and Animals Under Tree of Life",
    "description": "This elegant symmetrical roundel, probably from a tunic, features a central tree of life with leaves enclosing the bust of a woman on each side. Animals above the bowl and birds toward the top flank the tree which is framed by a sinuous vine.",
    "date": "late 700s - 800s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.272",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    ],
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    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1982.272/1982.272_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1982.272/1982.272_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 20.3 x 20.3 cm (8 x 8 in.); Mounted: 28.6 x 28.6 cm (11 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Egypt, Islamic period, Abbasid, 8th - 9th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1982.272"
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    "tec": "Plain weave and slit-tapestry weave; undyed linen, dyed wool",
    "tombstone": "Busts and Animals Under Tree of Life, late 700s - 800s. Egypt, Islamic period, Abbasid, 8th - 9th century. Plain weave and slit-tapestry weave; undyed linen, dyed wool; overall: 20.3 x 20.3 cm (8 x 8 in.); mounted: 28.6 x 28.6 cm (11 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1982.272",
    "collection": "T - Coptic",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.272",
    "creditline": "Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 07:47:18.135000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1982.272/1982.272_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 150875,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "T - Coptic",
    "med": "Plain weave and slit-tapestry weave; undyed linen, dyed wool",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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