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    "localId": "82483",
    "label": "Kovsh with a Cone Finial",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.853"
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    "id": "82483",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.853",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kovsh with a Cone Finial",
    "description": "The interior is decorated with an image of a swan plucking its feathers and also with patterns of flowers and tendrils in pastel colors, all over a cream-colored ground. The exterior, in contrast, is decorated with tulip blossoms over a turquoise ground.",
    "provenance": "Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by bequest.",
    "date": "1905-1908",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.853",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "dishes",
        "kovshi"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_44.853_3Qtr_DD_T14.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_44.853_3Qtr_DD_T14.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.1,
            "height": 12.8,
            "depth": 6.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 13/16 x W with handle and tip: 5 1/16 x D: 2 1/2 in. (7.1 x 12.8 x 6.3 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Maker's mark] In Cyrillic: DS; [Symbol] kokoshnik left",
        "88; [Maker's mark] On handle in Cyrillic: DS",
        "88"
    ],
    "med": "silver gilding, painted and filigree enamel",
    "creator_ids": [
        "32000"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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