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    "localId": "20972",
    "label": "Fan-Shaped Incense Box",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.53"
}

{
    "id": "20972",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.53",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Fan-Shaped Incense Box",
    "description": "A gold lacquer ko-bako in the shape of two intersecting folding fans. The top of the lid of one \"fan\" is decorated with mountain scenery, the other with a pair pheasants on rocks and groups of autumn flowers. The interior of the lids and tray has the design of autumn grasses (akigusa).",
    "provenance": "Acquired by William T. Walters, Baltimore; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.",
    "date": "late 18th century (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.53",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "incense containers",
        "ko-bako"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_67.53_PcACFnt_NG_3033.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_67.53_PcACFnt_NG_3033.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_67.53_PcACFnt_NG_3033.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 4.8,
            "height": 20.6,
            "depth": 23.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 7/8 × W: 8 1/8 × D: 9 7/16 in. (4.8 × 20.6 × 23.9 cm); Base H: 1 3/8 × W: 8 1/8 × D: 9 7/16 in. (3.5 × 20.6 × 23.9 cm); Lid H: 11/16 × W: 8 1/8 × D: 9 7/16 in. (1.8 × 20.6 × 23.9 cm); Tray H: 9/16 × W: 7 11/16 × D: 8 11/16 in. (1.4 × 19.5 × 22.1 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Japanese",
    "med": "black and gold lacquer over wood",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JPK"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3300"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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