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    "localId": "122325",
    "label": "Plate",
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    "id": "122325",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Plate",
    "date": "c. 1540–1544",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.624",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    ],
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    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 5.1 x 24.8 cm (2 x 9 3/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Italy, Pesaro, 16th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1942.624"
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{
    "tec": "tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)",
    "tombstone": "Plate, c. 1540–1544. Italy, Pesaro, 16th century. Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica); diameter: 5.1 x 24.8 cm (2 x 9 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance, 1942.624",
    "collection": "Decorative Arts",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "on back, in blue:  \"Vulcano Venere et Marte\" (Vulcan Venus and Mars)."
        }
    ],
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "John Long Severance Art Collection Photographs: Furniture, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 285-293; Reproduce: p. 295",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceFurniture/page/n284/mode/1up"
        },
        {
            "citation": "<em>Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 46, cat. no. 93",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceBequest/page/n50"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.624",
    "creditline": "Bequest of John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:17:55.757000",
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    "sourceId": 122325,
    "dept": "Decorative Art and Design",
    "coll": "Decorative Arts",
    "med": "tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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