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    "localId": "20558",
    "label": "Lusterware Plate with Bird Motif",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2036"
}

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    "id": "20558",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2036",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Lusterware Plate with Bird Motif",
    "description": "Decorative lusterware was popular during the Fatimid Period (910-1171). The most important production place was in the cultural center of al-Fustad near the Fatimid capital al-Qahira (Cairo). This plate displays a typical motif of this time period: a bird in a central roundel with leaves and branches and a broad frame with leaf arabesques. Especially attractive are the variation of  forms of the leaves and spiral-tendrils, which modify the rhytmic pattern, and the yellow-golden color of the painting.",
    "provenance": "Estate of D.G. Kelekian [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1951, by purchase.",
    "date": "11th century (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2036",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "plates"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.7,
            "height": 24.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 5/8 × Diam: 9 5/8 in. (6.7 × 24.5 cm)"
}

{
    "dynasty": "Fatimid Dynasty",
    "med": "earthenware, with luster decoration and glaze",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2114",
        "3315",
        "3581"
    ]
}

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