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{
    "localId": "22181",
    "label": "Single Leaf of a Charging Elephant",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.694"
}

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    "id": "22181",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.694",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Single Leaf of a Charging Elephant",
    "description": "This Mughal black-ink drawing, Walters manuscript leaf W.694, with watercolor and gilding dates to the early 11th century AH/AD 17th. It depicts a man on an elephant pursuing several men fleeing on foot. The image is surrounded by gold-sprinkled blue and buff-colored borders.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "early 11th century AH/AD 17th century (Mughal)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.694",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.694_Det_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.694_Det_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 18.5,
            "height": 30.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 7 5/16 x W: 12 in. (18.5 x 30.5 cm); Image H: 3 15/16 x W: 5 1/2 in. (10 x 14 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "dynasty": "Mughal Dynasty",
    "RelatedObjects": [
        "83789",
        "83788"
    ],
    "med": "ink and pigments on paper mounted on pasteboard",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2191"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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        "ISL",
        "MIS",
        "INT"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_W.694_Det_DD.jpg",
    "mediaId": "0ce74b6012916f52"
}