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    "localId": "38482",
    "label": "Vase with Low-Relief Decoration of Bamboo Leaves",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2281"
}

{
    "id": "38482",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2281",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Vase with Low-Relief Decoration of Bamboo Leaves",
    "description": "Potter Itaya Hazan was fascinated by light and obsessed by its diffusion on ceramic forms. With this vase, Hazan introduced to the international art world a new technique that he invented called saiji. Saiji is a form of underglazing that uses matte colored glazes. The results are brilliant colors with an eggshell-like finish. The green of the bamboo leaves and the small blue patches between them have a richness that comes from saiji staining the porcelain clay. The white leaf tips show the color of the unstained porcelain.",
    "provenance": "The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1915; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.",
    "date": "ca. 1915 (Taisho period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2281",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "vases"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_49.2281_Prof_TR_T90III.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_49.2281_Prof_TR_T90III.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_49.2281_Prof_TR_T90III.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H with base: 17 3/16 in. (43.6 cm); Vase: H: 14 3/4 x Diam: 16 1/8 in. (37.5 x 40.9 cm); Wooden base: H: 2 5/8 x  Diam: 10 1/8 in. (6.6 x 25.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Seal] Kashichi (given name).",
    "reign": "Taisho period",
    "med": "Porcelain, colored slip, overglaze enamel",
    "creator_ids": [
        "5378"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JPK"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "510",
        "753",
        "2351",
        "3760"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL1_49.2281_Prof_TR_T90III.jpg",
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