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    "localId": "35120",
    "label": "Water Pipe Bowl and Cover with Scenes from Persian Romances",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.270"
}

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    "id": "35120",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.270",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Water Pipe Bowl and Cover with Scenes from Persian Romances",
    "description": "Water pipe and cover mounted as a cup and cover with scenes from 18th century Persian romances.",
    "provenance": "Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.",
    "date": "Body: 2nd half 18th century; Cover medallion and mounts: early 19th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.270",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "bowls",
        "lids"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_44.270_Top_DD_T16-tms.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_44.270_Top_DD_T16-tms.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.3,
            "height": 7.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 7/8 × Diam:2 13/16 in. (7.3 × 7.1 cm); Lid: H: 1/2 × Diam: 2 3/4 in. (1.2 × 7 cm); Cup: H: 2 9/16 × Diam: 2 13/16 in. (6.5 × 7.1 cm)"
}

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    "med": "enamel and silver gilding",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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