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{
    "localId": "82472",
    "label": "Salt Chair",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.784"
}

{
    "id": "82472",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.784",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Salt Chair",
    "description": "Above the center of the chair's ogee-arched top rail, two confronting horse heads flank a foiled-red enameled star from which is suspended a star burst. A pair of cockerels serves as terminals for the top rail. In the center of the seat cover, appears a rosette with a foiled red center and petals in blue and black. This motif is surrounded by turquoise rectangles with four petaled, orange-foiled blossoms with white centers and turquoise vines set against a partially stippled ground. The lower sides of the chair are similarly enameled.",
    "provenance": "Christies Sale, New York, October 21, 1993, lot 54; puchased by Jean M. Riddell (through Leo Kaplan as agent), Washington, D.C., October 21, 1993; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 2010.",
    "date": "1878",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.784",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "salt boxes (containers)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_44.784_Closd_DD_T14.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_44.784_Closd_DD_T14.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_44.784_Closd_DD_T14.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 18.5,
            "height": 11.1,
            "depth": 8.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall H: 7 5/16 × W: 4 3/8 × D: 3 1/4 in. (18.5 × 11.1 × 8.3 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Marks] On base: VO over 1878 (unidentified Moscow assay master)",
        "Adler in Cyrillic",
        "88",
        "St. George; [Marks] On frame of base: 88",
        "St. George; [Mark] Inside rim: Adler"
    ],
    "med": "silver gilding, champlevé enamel",
    "creator_ids": [
        "8127"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3423"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_44.784_Opn_DD_T14.jpg",
    "mediaId": "09f5a0bd1a26c96e"
}