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{
    "localId": "10015",
    "label": "Cushion-shaped Parasol Handle",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1841"
}

{
    "id": "10015",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1841",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Cushion-shaped Parasol Handle",
    "description": "A carved guilloché pattern set with polished lapis lazuli stones extends around the circumference of the nephrite pommel. Set at its apex is a cabochon sapphire mounted in gold. The collar is rimmed in red gold and decorated with entwined green gold garlands applied over an oyster white enamel ground. In each of the interstices, a rose-cut diamond has been mounted with a crimped flange.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1900, by purchase [from the factory]; Jenny Walters (Mrs. Warren Delano III), New York, 1900, by gift; Laura F. Delano, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1950, by gift.",
    "date": "ca. 1900",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1841",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "parasol handles"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.1841_Fnt_TR_T02IV.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.1841_Fnt_TR_T02IV.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.1841_Fnt_TR_T02IV.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 4.5,
            "height": 4.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 3/4 × Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 × 4.5 cm); H with cane: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "Mark of Mikhail Perkhin; 56 [denoting 14 karat gold]; initials of the government assay office inspector: Y.L.; engraved with original order number: 3324",
    "med": "gold (56 zolotnik), enamel, diamonds, nephrite, lapis lazuli, sapphires",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3742",
        "1921",
        "4493"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2062",
        "2543",
        "2689",
        "3300",
        "3423"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS4_57.1841_Bot_DD_AT19_0663-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "1923f5286aa4bbc0"
}