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{
    "localId": "13832",
    "label": "Snuff Bottle with Five Bats",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1504"
}

{
    "id": "13832",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1504",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Snuff Bottle with Five Bats",
    "description": "This true pebble-form, functional bottle is subtly carved with five bats where the thumb would hold the bottle. The piece has an iron impurity and a glass stopper.",
    "provenance": "Mrs. Marvin E. Gantz, Sr., Denver, Colorado [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Shirley E. Gantz, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1999, by gift.",
    "date": "18th century (Ch'ing)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1504",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "snuff bottles",
        "stoppers"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.1504_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.1504_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.1504_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 9,
    "pageCount": 9,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.9,
            "height": 4.5,
            "depth": 3.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall H: 2 5/16 × W: 1 3/4 × D: 1 1/4 in. (5.9 × 4.5 × 3.2 cm); Bottle H: 2 1/16 × W: 1 3/4 × D: 1 1/4 in. (5.3 × 4.5 × 3.2 cm); Stopper H: 1 11/16 × Diam: 7/16 in. (4.3 × 1.1 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Chinese",
    "dynasty": "Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty",
    "med": "nephrite, glass, ivory, and cork",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6238"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "CHN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "76",
        "3564"
    ]
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_42.1504.A-B_VwC_DD_AST18-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "7c1a864b2eb3135d"
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