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{
    "localId": "26165",
    "label": "Snuffbox with Chinoiserie Motifs",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.157"
}

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    "id": "26165",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.157",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Snuffbox with Chinoiserie Motifs",
    "description": "Imaginary Chinese and Japanese motifs (\"chinoiseries\") figured prominently in rococo decoration for much of the 18th century, as contacts between Europe and the Far East gradually increased. In this box, \"chinoiserie\" motifs in shell have been inlaid into mother-of-pearl panels.",
    "provenance": "Paris, 1732-1738 [tax-paid stamp of the sous-fermier Hubert Louvet];  Sale, Christie's, London, February 22, 1912, no. 15;  Harding [date and mode of acquisition unknown];  Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase;  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1736-1737",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.157",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "snuffboxes"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2.8,
            "height": 6.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "1 1/8 x 2 7/16 in. (2.8 x 6.2 cm)"
}

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    "med": "mother-of-pearl, shell, gold",
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2689",
        "2869"
    ]
}

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