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    "localId": "141716",
    "label": "Wickerwork Box",
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    "id": "141716",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Wickerwork Box",
    "date": "1609",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1965.30",
    "rights": "CC0",
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    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    ],
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        "Lacquer"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1965.30/1965.30_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 7.7 x 13.8 cm (3 1/16 x 5 7/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Wanli reign (1572-1620)"
    ],
    "accession": "1965.3"
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    "tec": "lacquered wickerwork (of woven bamboo) framed in wood with circular scene inlaid in mother-of-pearl and gold",
    "tombstone": "Wickerwork Box, 1609. China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Wanli reign (1572-1620). Lacquered wickerwork (of woven bamboo) framed in wood with circular scene inlaid in mother-of-pearl and gold; overall: 7.7 x 13.8 cm (3 1/16 x 5 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund, 1965.30",
    "collection": "China - Ming Dynasty",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "Inscription at bottom in red on black lacquer reads:  \"commissioned by Yü-Yün-ch'i\"."
        }
    ],
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Watt, James C. Y. <em>The Sumptuous Basket: Chinese Lacquer with Basketry Panels: [Exhibition]</em>. New York: China House Gallery, 1985.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: cat. no. 29, pls. 29 a, b"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Griswold, William, Xiaofei Tian, Richard Von Glahn, Feng Zhao, S. J. Vainker, Masaaki Itakura, Jiang Wu, et al. <em>China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta</em>. Edited by Clarissa von Spee. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 309, no. 149"
        }
    ],
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    "creditline": "Edward L. Whittemore Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 07:17:11.061000",
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    "dept": "Chinese Art",
    "coll": "China - Ming Dynasty",
    "med": "lacquered wickerwork (of woven bamboo) framed in wood with circular scene inlaid in mother-of-pearl and gold",
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