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    "localId": "10847",
    "label": "Jar with Design of Pomegranates and Birds",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2606"
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    "id": "10847",
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    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Jar with Design of Pomegranates and Birds",
    "description": "In the 18th and 19th centuries, blue-and-white porcelain became common. Before then, blue-and-white porcelain was almost entirely restricted to palace use. The cobalt necessary to produce the blue was hard to obtain and expensive.",
    "provenance": "Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Cassilly [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by gift.",
    "date": "19th century (Joseon)",
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    "dimensions": [
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            "width": 16,
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        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "6 5/16 x 5 11/16 in. (16 x 14.5 cm)"
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    "med": "porcelain with underglaze blue",
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