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    "localId": "9492",
    "label": "Calligraphy",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "drawing",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/35.137"
}

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    "id": "9492",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/35.137",
    "contentType": "drawing",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Calligraphy",
    "description": "Using clerical script, Wang writes:                  Shadowed by clouds, though with hope of surmounting them\tFacing the sun, though without the heart to reach toward itPerhaps this couplet was composed for a friend who was reluctant to praise the emperor (the sun) but who remained loyal and ambitious.",
    "provenance": "Sale, Christie's, New York, December 1, 1986, lot 61; Walters Art Museum, December 1986, by purchase.",
    "date": "17th century (Ming or Qing)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/35.137",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Painting & Drawing",
        "kakemono",
        "scroll paintings"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 160,
            "height": 38.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Image H: 63 x W: 15 1/4 in. (160.02 x 38.7 cm); Overall H: 12 x W: 46 1/2 in. (30.48 x 118.11 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Chinese",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Translation] In clerical script: Shadowed by clouds",
        "though with hope of surmounting them / Facing the sun",
        "though without the heart to reach toward it"
    ],
    "dynasty": "Ming [Ming]-Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty",
    "med": "ink on paper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6954"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "CHN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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