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    "localId": "19392",
    "label": "Tea Bowl",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.608"
}

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    "id": "19392",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.608",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tea Bowl",
    "description": "The exterior is decorated with stylized phoenixes and peonies. The interior displays bats around the rim, and calligraphy which refers to the sea of good fortunes and the mountains of longevity; things associated with birthday wishes and congratulations.",
    "provenance": "Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1878; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1878, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "mid 19th century (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.608",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "tea bowls",
        "chawan"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.2,
            "height": 12
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 7/16 x Diam: 4 3/4 in. (6.2 x 12 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "\"\"kinrande\"\" ware-style, Kyoto ware",
    "inscriptions": "Kahin Shiryu",
    "med": "porcelain with underglaze cobalt and overglaze enamels",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6579"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JPK"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2381"
    ]
}

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