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    "localId": "10841",
    "label": "Bowl",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2122"
}

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    "id": "10841",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2122",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Bowl",
    "description": "Over 500 years ago in Japan, a repair technique was developed that celebrated the beauty of imperfection. Called kintsugi, which translates as “golden joinery,” this technique uses a mixture of lacquer and gold, silver, or platinum to mend an object in a way that highlights (rather than hides) the damage. More than merely a craft technique, kintsugi is a tangible display of the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi, a belief in the beauty of imperfection. This Japanese tradition has been applied to ceramics in other parts of East Asia including this stoneware vessel from China.",
    "provenance": "Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.",
    "date": "10th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2122",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "bowls (vessels)"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 7,
    "pageCount": 7,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.2,
            "height": 13.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 7/16 × Diam: 5 3/16 in. (6.2 × 13.2 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Chinese",
    "med": "wheel made stoneware with celadon glaze with impressed design and lacquer repair",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6238"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "CHN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2514"
    ]
}

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