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    "localId": "1929",
    "label": "Invention of the Mirror in the Presence of Alexander the Great",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.613.17A"
}

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    "id": "1929",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.613.17A",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Invention of the Mirror in the Presence of Alexander the Great",
    "description": "This folio from Walters manuscript W.613 depicts the invention of the mirror in the presence of Alexander the Great. This is the left side of a double-page illustration by Shivdas.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1595 (Mughal)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.613.17A",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.613.17a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 34,
            "height": 21.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 13 3/8 x W: 8 7/16 in. (34 x 21.5 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Islamic",
    "dynasty": "Mughal Dynasty",
    "med": "ink and pigments on light brown paper with later outer margins in various colors",
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    ],
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    ]
}

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