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{
    "localId": "13890",
    "label": "Snuff Bottle with Bird on a Rock and a Deer under a Pine",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1501"
}

{
    "id": "13890",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1501",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Snuff Bottle with Bird on a Rock and a Deer under a Pine",
    "description": "This white nephrite jade snuff bottle is of flattened vase form. Its carvings subtly illustrate a bird on a rock, and on the opposite side, a deer under a pine branch. The piece is very well hollowed and has a green glass stopper with a black collar and a teakwood base.",
    "provenance": "Mrs. Marvin E. Gantz, Sr., Denver, Colorado [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Shirley E. Gantz, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1999, by gift.",
    "date": "late 18th-19th century (Ch'ing)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1501",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "snuff bottles",
        "stoppers"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.1501_VwC_DD_AT18-032592-tms.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.1501_VwC_DD_AT18-032592-tms.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.1501_VwC_DD_AT18-032592-tms.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.8,
            "height": 3.6,
            "depth": 1.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall H: 2 11/16 × W: 1 7/16 × D: 11/16 in. (6.8 × 3.6 × 1.7 cm); Bottle H: 2 5/16 × W: 1 7/16 × D: 11/16 in. (5.8 × 3.6 × 1.7 cm); Stopper H: 2 7/16 × Diam: 5/8 in. (6.2 × 1.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Chinese",
    "dynasty": "Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty",
    "RelatedObjects": 99934,
    "med": "nephrite",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6238"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "CHN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3564",
        "76"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_42.1501_Bot_DD_AT18-032597-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "84d5757fbdd658fa"
}