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    "localId": "2473",
    "label": "Mirror with Lions Among Grapevines",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.470"
}

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    "id": "2473",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.470",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Mirror with Lions Among Grapevines",
    "description": "Bronze mirrors began to be produced in China over 4,000 years ago, for use both during one’s lifetime and for burials. This mirror is decorated with a design of lions among grapevines, and speaks to connections between China and foreign lands during the Tang dynasty (618–907). Lions are not native to China, and during this period, China started to import grape wine from Central Asia.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "7th-8th century (Tang dynasty)",
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    "language": "en",
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        "mirrors"
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diam: 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Chinese",
    "dynasty": "Tang dynasty",
    "med": "high-tin bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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}

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