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{
    "localId": "24142",
    "label": "Single Leaf of a Falconer on Horseback",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.707"
}

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    "id": "24142",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.707",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Single Leaf of a Falconer on Horseback",
    "description": "Walters leaf W.707 is an Ottoman Turkish colored drawing of a falconer on horseback produced in the11th century AH/AD 17th. The central work is framed by 2 additional drawings: a lion in the upper register and a lion killing a deer in the lower register. Both reference earlier Persian compositions. The verses above are written in small Nasta'liq script, the first 2 in Persian and the 3rd in Ottoman Turkish. The border is of blue-tinted paper.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "11th century AH/AD 17th century (Ottoman)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.707",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.707.a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.707.a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.707.a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 25,
            "height": 14
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 9 13/16 x W: 5 1/2 in. (25 x 14 cm); Image H: 6 1/8 x W: 3 1/16 in. (15.5 x 7.8 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "dynasty": "Ottoman Dynasty",
    "RelatedObjects": [
        "84244",
        "84243"
    ],
    "med": "ink and pigments on paper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2431"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MSS",
        "ISL",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_W.707.a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "mediaId": "87df166dea0f5971"
}