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{
    "localId": "21788",
    "label": "Tray for a Serving Table",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.530"
}

{
    "id": "21788",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.530",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tray for a Serving Table",
    "description": "This small tray is decorated with arabesques and with Arabic inscriptions that bestow good wishes- including good fortune, blessing, wealth, joy, and happiness- on its owner.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian, Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "late 12th-early 13th century (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.530",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "trays"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.530_Fnt_SL.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.530_Fnt_SL.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.530_Fnt_SL.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 4,
            "height": 22.5,
            "depth": 35.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 9/16 × W: 8 7/8 × L: 14 in. (4 × 22.5 × 35.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Translation] Glory",
        "prosperity",
        "wealth",
        "happiness",
        "[God's] support",
        "entirety",
        "well-being",
        "[Muhammad's] intercession",
        "perpetuity",
        "sufficiency",
        "honor",
        "tranquility [?]",
        "gratitude",
        "mastery",
        "victory",
        "victoriousness",
        "superiority",
        "elevation",
        "mercy",
        "ease",
        "health",
        "favor",
        "potency",
        "power",
        "[God's] sympathy",
        "safety",
        "charity",
        "long life and perpetual commendation to its owner."
    ],
    "med": "brass, silver and copper inlay",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6747"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ISL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "209",
        "709",
        "548"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 4,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL9_54.530_Fnt_SL.jpg",
    "mediaId": "add7cbcdfa90ee96"
}