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{
    "localId": "14298",
    "label": "Snuff Bottle with Pair of Dragons",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2768"
}

{
    "id": "14298",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2768",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Snuff Bottle with Pair of Dragons",
    "description": "This bottle has been adapted for snuff with a very wide neck plus a matching stopper with a large cork and shovel-shaped ivory spoon. The vase itself is of iron-red decoration on a white ground and illustrates a pair of dragons seeking the flaming pearl. It is nicely exceuted. In this case, the pearl is in the stopper, original to the bottle.",
    "provenance": "Mrs. Marvin E. Gantz, Sr., Denver, Colorado [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Shirley E. Gantz, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1999, by gift.",
    "date": "19th century (Ch'ing)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2768",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "snuff bottles",
        "stoppers"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_49.2768_Bot_DD_AT18-030460-tms.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_49.2768_Bot_DD_AT18-030460-tms.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_49.2768_Bot_DD_AT18-030460-tms.jpg",
    "imageCount": 20,
    "pageCount": 10,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.3,
            "height": 3.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall H: 2 7/8 × Diam: 1 3/8 in. (7.3 × 3.5 cm); Bottle H: 2 11/16 × Diam: 1 3/8 in. (6.9 × 3.5 cm); Stopper H: 2 3/8 × Diam: 13/16 in. (6.1 × 2.1 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Chinese",
    "dynasty": "Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty",
    "med": "ceramic, cork, ivory",
    "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_49.2768_Top_DD_AT18-030459-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "4c87aeac5ddbf696"
}