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    "localId": "102050",
    "label": "Water Cooler (Yuzamashi)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2835.2"
}

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    "id": "102050",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2835.2",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Water Cooler (Yuzamashi)",
    "description": "A water cooler (yuzamashi), such as this example, is used to bring boiled water to an ideal temperature for pouring into a teapot where tea leaves are steeped.",
    "provenance": "Purchased by John and Caroline Williams, Baltimore, 1947 [1]; given to Walters Art Museum, 2019.[1] from shop in Toyko, Japan",
    "date": "ca. 1900 (Meiji period (1868-1912))",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2835.2",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "yuzamashi"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS4_49.2835.2_Bot_DD_AT20_18181-tms.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS4_49.2835.2_Bot_DD_AT20_18181-tms.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS4_49.2835.2_Bot_DD_AT20_18181-tms.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 4.5,
            "height": 10.3,
            "depth": 8.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 3/4 × W of handle to spout: 4 1/16 × D: 3 1/4 in. (4.5 × 10.3 × 8.3 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "New Kutani ware",
    "dynasty": "Meiji period (1868-1912)",
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        "102054"
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    "med": "Porcelain, overglaze enamel, gilding",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JPK"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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