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{
    "localId": "95123",
    "label": "Wall Tile with Lotus Blossom",
    "core": "obj",
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    "id": "95123",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Wall Tile with Lotus Blossom",
    "description": "One popular method of covering large wall sections with ceramic decoration was to combine star-shaped tiles with cross-shaped tiles.",
    "date": "c. 1300–50",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.645",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramic"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1915.645/1915.645_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1915.645/1915.645_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 20 x 20 cm (7 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Iran, probably Sultanabad, Ilkhanid period (1256–1353)"
    ],
    "accession": "1915.645"
}

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    "tec": "fritware with molded and underglaze-painted design",
    "tombstone": "Wall Tile with Lotus Blossom, c. 1300–50. Iran, probably Sultanabad, Ilkhanid period (1256–1353). Fritware with molded and underglaze-painted design; overall: 20 x 20 cm (7 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1915.645",
    "collection": "Islamic Art",
    "didYouKnow": "Some of the design relief has been molded as well as being built up in the white slip.",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.645",
    "creditline": "Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:04:52.714000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1915.645/1915.645_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 95123,
    "dept": "Islamic Art",
    "coll": "Islamic Art",
    "med": "fritware with molded and underglaze-painted design",
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}

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