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    "localId": "37642",
    "label": "Rubbing of an Epitaph Tablet",
    "core": "obj",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/96.132"
}

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    "id": "37642",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/96.132",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Rubbing of an Epitaph Tablet",
    "description": "Rubbings of stone carvings have throughout Chinese history served as guides to the writing and painting styles of earlier times. This memorial or epitaph tablet honored Lady Fengyi. Around its sides were engraved fantastic creatures, including ram-headed birds.",
    "provenance": "Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. and Isabel Roberts, Baltimore, Maryland; given to Walters Art Museum, 1990.",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/96.132",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "rubbings"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 127.4,
            "height": 113.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 50 3/16 x 44 3/4 in. (127.4 x 113.6 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": [
        "dated 522",
        "Northern Wei dynasty"
    ],
    "dynasty": "Northern Wei",
    "med": "black ink on paper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6238"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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