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    "localId": "21428",
    "label": "Old Man of the Southern Pole",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "drawing",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/35.61"
}

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    "id": "21428",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/35.61",
    "contentType": "drawing",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Old Man of the Southern Pole",
    "description": "This painting depicts \"nan ji lao ren [nan chi lao jen],\" the symbol of longevity, accompanied by a friend and servant, offering incense to the gods.",
    "provenance": "Dr. John C. Ferguson [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John C. Ferguson Sale, American Art Association, New York, April 7, 1916, no. 247 [as Ling Mei]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, April 7, 1916, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "early 18th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/35.61",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Painting & Drawing",
        "kakemono",
        "scroll paintings"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_35.61_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 102.7,
            "height": 55
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 40 7/16 x W: 21 5/8 in. (102.7 x 55 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Chinese",
    "dynasty": "Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty",
    "med": "colors on silk mounted on paper with frame",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6381"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "CHN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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