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{
    "localId": "124979",
    "label": "Pair of Plaques (Appliqué)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

{
    "id": "124979",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Pair of Plaques (Appliqué)",
    "description": "This oblong plaque is decorated with pseudo-Kufic (fake Arabic) designs indicating that it was produced in Spain under Muslim influence. It may have served as an applied ornament to some article of personal adornment such as a belt. It is possible that the design was inspired by Arabic coinage.",
    "date": "1300s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1946.425",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60757186"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Enamel"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1946.425/1946.425_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1946.425/1946.425_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1946.425/1946.425_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 2 x 3 cm (13/16 x 1 3/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Spain (Hispano-Moresque), 14th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1946.425"
}

{
    "tec": "translucent enamel on gold",
    "tombstone": "Pair of Plaques (Appliqué), 1300s. Spain (Hispano-Moresque), 14th century. Translucent enamel on gold; overall: 2 x 3 cm (13/16 x 1 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1946.425",
    "collection": "MED - Gothic",
    "didYouKnow": "Enamel can be made opaque or translucent; when translucent, it resembles stained glass, allowing light to pass through.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "The Brummer Gallery Records. Cloisters (Museum), n.d. X1491",
            "url": "https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll9/id/4309/rec/3"
        },
        {
            "citation": "University of Pittsburgh. <em>History of Enamels, VII-XX Century</em>. Catalogue of an Exhibition, March 13-April 8, 1950. 1950.",
            "page_number": "cat. no. 23"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration, and Everett Parker Lesley.<em> Enamel, An Historic Survey to the Present Day. </em>1954.",
            "page_number": "Cat no. 55"
        },
        {
            "citation": "New York University.<em> Spanish Medieval Art</em>. Loan Exhibition in Honor of Dr. Walter W.S. Cook. 1954.",
            "page_number": "cat no. 11"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Clarke, Bert. <em>Enamels</em>: [Exhibition] Museum of Contemporary Crafts of the American Craftsmen's Council, New York City, September 18 Through November 29, 1959. [New York]: [The Museum], 1959.",
            "page_number": "cat no. 10"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1946.425",
    "creditline": "Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:27:15.704000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1946.425/1946.425_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 124979,
    "dept": "Medieval Art",
    "coll": "MED - Gothic",
    "med": "translucent enamel on gold",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
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