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{
    "localId": "18308",
    "label": "Snuff Bottle with Antiques",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/47.711"
}

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    "id": "18308",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/47.711",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Snuff Bottle with Antiques",
    "description": "This glass overlay snuff bottle is of 18th or 19th century manufacture. It illustrates famous antiques in a ruby red tone on a transparent glass ground. The flattened vase form is indicative of the 18th century and it has a soft green jadeite stopper.",
    "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": "18th-19th century (Ch'ing)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/47.711",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "snuff bottles"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_47.711_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_47.711_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_47.711_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 19,
    "pageCount": 10,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.5,
            "height": 3.2,
            "depth": 1.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall H: 2 15/16 × W: 1 1/4 × D: 5/8 in. (7.5 × 3.2 × 1.6 cm); Bottle H: 2 5/8 × W: 1 1/4 × D: 5/8 in. (6.6 × 3.2 × 1.6 cm); Stopper H: 2 1/8 × Diam: 1/2 in. (5.4 × 1.3 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Chinese",
    "dynasty": "Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty",
    "med": "red overlay glass",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6238"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "CHN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "76",
        "3564"
    ]
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_47.711_VwF_DD_AT18-031924-tms.jpg",
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