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{
    "localId": "36775",
    "label": "Snuff Bottle with Floral Frieze",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2769"
}

{
    "id": "36775",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2769",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Snuff Bottle with Floral Frieze",
    "description": "This porcelain snuff bottle is of cylinder shape with iron-red decoration on a white ground. The design is a stylized floral pattern with Buddhist emblems interspersed. The stopper is of simulated coral with a turquoise collar and the base has a mark which is not discernible.",
    "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": "19th century (Ch'ing)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2769",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "snuff bottles",
        "stoppers"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_49.2769_Bot_DD_AT18-030800-tms.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_49.2769_Bot_DD_AT18-030800-tms.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_49.2769_Bot_DD_AT18-030800-tms.jpg",
    "imageCount": 16,
    "pageCount": 8,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.9,
            "height": 3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall H: 3 1/8 × Diam: 1 3/16 in. (7.9 × 3 cm); Bottle H: 2 11/16 × Diam: 1 3/16 in. (6.9 × 3 cm); Stopper H: 1 15/16 × Diam: 5/8 in. (5 × 1.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Chinese",
    "inscriptions": "[Mark]",
    "dynasty": "Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty",
    "med": "porcelain with coral-red enamels, ivory",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6238"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "CHN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3564",
        "76"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_49.2769_VwB_DD_AT18-030796-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "84bb11a500890734"
}