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    "localId": "18065",
    "label": "Ruyi Scepter with Motifs of Longevity",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.272"
}

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    "id": "18065",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.272",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Ruyi Scepter with Motifs of Longevity",
    "description": "The most auspicious symbol in China is the ruyi scepter. This scepter has a cloud-like formation on the top end that resembles the lingzhi, a fungus believed to have immortality powers.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1907 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "18th-19th century (Qing dynasty (1644-1911))",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.272",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "scepters"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_42.272_Fnt_BW_1812.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_42.272_Fnt_BW_1812.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 14 in. (35.56 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Chinese",
    "med": "Nephrite, coral, gilded silver, kingfisher feathers, glass, silk, and lead(?)",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "CHN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL9_42.272_Fnt_BW_1812.jpg",
    "mediaId": "6ef0e449337e804c"
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