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{
    "localId": "13494",
    "label": "Cylindrical Box with Incised Decoration",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.307"
}

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    "id": "13494",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.307",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Cylindrical Box with Incised Decoration",
    "description": "This is a small undecorated box with an incised molding below the lid. The hinge and hasp appear to be replacements, though the ring handle of the lid and its rosette washer are original.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "12th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.307",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "boxes (containers)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_71.307_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_71.307_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.5,
            "height": 9.7,
            "depth": 9.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 15/16 × W: 3 13/16 × D: 3 9/16 in. (7.46 × 9.68 × 9.05 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "style": "Siculo-Arabic",
    "med": "ivory, gilt-copper mounts",
    "creator_ids": [
        "33562"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ISL",
        "MED"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1994"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "mediaId": "55b868b3fc8033a8"
}