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{
    "localId": "14310",
    "label": "Kovsh",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1920"
}

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    "id": "14310",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1920",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kovsh",
    "description": "This utensil is in the form of a kovsh, a boat-shaped drinking vessel. Both the spout in the shape of a monstrous bat with spreading wings and the handle terminating in a bust of a Kazan warrior have been cast in silver. The border of interlace is studded with cabochon rubies, sapphires, emeralds, and moonstones.",
    "provenance": "Shreve, Crump & Low Co., Boston [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Leroy Lipman, Baltimore; Walters Art Museum, 1962, by gift.",
    "date": "1899-1908",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1920",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "cups (drinking vessels)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_57.1920_3Qtr_BW.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_57.1920_3Qtr_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_57.1920_3Qtr_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 21.5,
            "height": 44.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "8 7/16 x 17 1/2 in. (21.5 x 44.4 cm)"
}

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    "med": "silver (84 zolotnik), rubies, sapphires, emeralds, moonstones",
    "creator_ids": [
        "1921",
        "4493"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2062"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL7_57.1920_3Qtr_BW.jpg",
    "mediaId": "59c06573a2eb8c09"
}