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{
    "localId": "20226",
    "label": "Pen Box with Battle and Lion-Hunt Scenes",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.8"
}

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    "id": "20226",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.8",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Pen Box with Battle and Lion-Hunt Scenes",
    "description": "This pen box (qalamdan) by one of the leading artists of Qajar Persia (1785-1925) was either given to or commissioned by an Iranian official. It is inscribed: \"For the blessed one, his gracious excellency, the most glorious, the most generous, the orderer of the royal register, may his glory endure.\" The presentation of qalamdans was part of court ritual, and political officials were often depicted with their pen boxes in royal portraits.",
    "provenance": "Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.",
    "date": "19th century (Qajar)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.8",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "pen boxes"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_67.8_Bot_DD_T11.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_67.8_Bot_DD_T11.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_67.8_Bot_DD_T11.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 3.9,
            "height": 23,
            "depth": 3.8
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 9/16 × L: 9 1/16 × W: 1 1/2 in. (3.9 × 23 × 3.8 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": [
        "For the blessed \"\"presence",
        "\"\" his gracious excellency",
        "the most glorious",
        "the most generous",
        "the [elder]",
        "the orderer of the [royal] register",
        "may his glory endure."
    ],
    "med": "papier mâché with paint, gilding, and varnished lacquer",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6747"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ISL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3334",
        "2759"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_67.8_Top_DD_T11.jpg",
    "mediaId": "3f43a914c63ed9f4"
}