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    "localId": "12574",
    "label": "Bowl with \"\"Kufic\"\" Inscriptions",
    "core": "obj",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2071"
}

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    "id": "12574",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2071",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Bowl with \"\"Kufic\"\" Inscriptions",
    "description": "Ceramic vessels from early medieval Nishapur were frequently decorated with proverbs or short sayings in Arabic.  The proverb here, written in two parts, may be interpreted as: \"The loyal person is the most praiseworthy.\"",
    "provenance": "H. Khan Monif, New York [no. 2052]; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 1955, by purchase.",
    "date": "9th-10th century (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2071",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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        "bowls (vessels)"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.5,
            "height": 22.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 9/16 x 8 7/8 in. (6.5 x 22.6 cm) (h. x diam.)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "inscriptions": "[Translation] The loyal person is the most praiseworthy",
    "med": "earthenware with underglaze decoration",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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