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    "localId": "154205",
    "label": "Footed Tray",
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    "id": "154205",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Footed Tray",
    "description": "In Korea, paper has been widely used since the 1800s for constructing stationery and storage boxes, as well as for paraphernalia for the scholar's studio. This tray's modest appearance belies both the laborious process involved in its construction and its status in Korea as an object for the scholar's desk.",
    "date": "1900s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1988.248",
    "rights": "CC0",
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    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Lacquer"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1988.248/1988.248_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1988.248/1988.248_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 34.2 x 9 x 9 cm (13 7/16 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Korea"
    ],
    "accession": "1988.248"
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    "tec": "lacquer over twisted and coiled paper",
    "tombstone": "Footed Tray (지승사각반 [紙繩四角盤]), 1900s. Korea. Lacquer over twisted and coiled paper; overall: 34.2 x 9 x 9 cm (13 7/16 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Bernice Sapirstein Davis in memory of Jennie Sapirstein, 1988.248",
    "titleInOriginalLanguage": "지승사각반 [紙繩四角盤]",
    "collection": "Korean Art",
    "didYouKnow": "The artist first cords and twines paper before constructing a desired shape.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Lee, Amy. \"Jiseung: A Journey into the Korean Art of Weaving Paper.”<em> Kyoto Journal </em>(2013).",
            "url": "Jiseung: A Journey into the Korean Art of Weaving Paper,” vol. 77"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and 국외소재문화재재단. <em>The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Edited by An Min-hŭi. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 236, no. 131"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1988.248",
    "creditline": "Gift of Bernice Sapirstein Davis in memory of Jennie Sapirstein",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 07:58:22.427000",
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    "sourceId": 154205,
    "dept": "Korean Art",
    "coll": "Korean Art",
    "med": "lacquer over twisted and coiled paper",
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    "image_url": null
}

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