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{
    "localId": "22519",
    "label": "Snuff Bottle with Bird on a Rock and Lotus Blossoms in a Pond",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1506"
}

{
    "id": "22519",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1506",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Snuff Bottle with Bird on a Rock and Lotus Blossoms in a Pond",
    "description": "This very attractive shadow agate snuff bottlehas a dull beige tone ground with dark areas carved to reveal lotus blossoms in a pond, and a bird on a rock on the opposite side.  The piece has a glass stopper with a yellow collar and a rim foot.",
    "provenance": "Mrs. Marvin E. Gantz, Sr., Denver, Colorado [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Shirley E. Gantz, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1999, by gift.",
    "date": "19th century (Ch'ing)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1506",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "snuff bottles",
        "stoppers"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.1506_Bot_DD_AT18-031797-tms.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.1506_Bot_DD_AT18-031797-tms.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.1506_Bot_DD_AT18-031797-tms.jpg",
    "imageCount": 18,
    "pageCount": 9,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.7,
            "height": 4.5,
            "depth": 2.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall H: 2 1/4 × W: 1 3/4 × D: 1 1/8 in. (5.7 × 4.5 × 2.9 cm); Bottle H: 1 7/8 × W: 1 3/4 × D: 1 1/8 in. (4.7 × 4.5 × 2.9 cm); Stopper H: 1 9/16 × Diam: 3/4 in. (4 × 1.9 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Chinese",
    "dynasty": "Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty",
    "med": "agate",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6238"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "CHN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3564",
        "76"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_42.1506_VwC_DD_AT18-031790-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "0cd594b3988d993d"
}