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    "localId": "122539",
    "label": "Firedog (1 of 2)",
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    "id": "122539",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Firedog (1 of 2)",
    "date": "1752",
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        {
            "inscription": "signed:  Caffieri, 1752."
        }
    ],
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    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 292",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n59"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 138",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n162"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 138",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n162"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 181",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n201"
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    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:18:39.435000",
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