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    "localId": "6740",
    "label": "Ornamental Rock",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/41.322"
}

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    "id": "6740",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/41.322",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Ornamental Rock",
    "description": "By the 10th century, small ornamental rocks such as this example were collected and displayed in the scholar’s study. Such rocks were seen as embodiments of the transformational processes of nature and also admired for their resemblance to the magical peaks and paradise caves believed to be inhabited by immortal beings.",
    "provenance": "Shanghai Botanical Gardens, Shanghai, China;  Mr. Richard Rosenblum, Newton Center, Massachusetts, 1984 [mode of acquisition unknown];  Walters Art Museum, 1998, by gift.",
    "date": "18th century (Qing dynasty (1644-1911))",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/41.322",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Stone",
        "ornamental rock"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_41.322_VwD_DD_T12.jpg",
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    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 78,
            "height": 30.1,
            "depth": 17.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall with base: H: 30 11/16 x W: 11 7/8 x D: 6 7/8 in. (78 x 30.1 x 17.5 cm)Rock: H: 27 13/16 x W: 11 7/8 x D: 6 7/16 in. (70.7 x 30.1 x 16.3 cm)Base: H: 5 3/8 x W: 9 7/16 x D: 6 7/8 in. (13.6 x 23.9 x 17.5 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Chinese",
    "dynasty": "Qing dynasty",
    "med": "Black lingbi limestone, white veining, wood",
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "CHN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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