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{
    "localId": "5690",
    "label": "Incense Burner (\"\"Koro\"\") Supported by Entwined Dragons",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.1621"
}

{
    "id": "5690",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.1621",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Incense Burner (\"\"Koro\"\") Supported by Entwined Dragons",
    "description": "This is an example of Hirado ware from the Mikawachi Kilns.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore, prior to 1896 [mode of acquisition unknown];  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "mid 19th century (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.1621",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "incense burners",
        "koro",
        "lids"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_49.1621_3Qtr_DD_T09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_49.1621_3Qtr_DD_T09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Hirado ware",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Transcription] hirado san mikawachi richiku sei;  [Translation] Product of Hirado",
        "Mikawachi [kiln] made by Richiku"
    ],
    "med": "porcelain with underglaze blue",
    "creator_ids": [
        "7034"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JPK"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2675"
    ]
}

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    "mediaId": "eca7d5cdbb7cced3"
}