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{
    "localId": "25618",
    "label": "Covered Jar with Crane",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.539"
}

{
    "id": "25618",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.539",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Covered Jar with Crane",
    "description": "A covered ovoid jar decorated with two panels: one with a crane flying over a pine in front of a rising red sun (symbols of longevity), the other with a boy carrying a long-handled dipper and a fan.  The area outside the panels is decorated with a variety of patterns.",
    "provenance": "William T. Walters [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1860-1869 (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.539",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Enamels",
        "jars",
        "covers (closures)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_44.539_Fnt_BW_T89.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_44.539_Fnt_BW_T89.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_44.539_Fnt_BW_T89.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 32,
            "height": 23.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "12 5/8 x 9 1/4 in. (32 x 23.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "Unsigned",
    "med": "brass-wire cloisonné enamel",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JPK"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2748"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL9_44.564_Fnt_SL_T.jpg",
    "mediaId": "477e4ac0ebf1884b"
}