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    "localId": "29704",
    "label": "Single Leaf of an Elephant Attacking a Horse and Rider",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.704"
}

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    "id": "29704",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.704",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Single Leaf of an Elephant Attacking a Horse and Rider",
    "description": "This single leaf with a color wash and illuminated drawing, Walters W.704,  depicts an elephant with two archers attacking a rider on horseback. The attribution in the lower right corner reads \"the work of Thakur Das.\" The image is surrounded by illuminated frames and a border of pink-tinted, gold-sprinkled paper. On the back is an unsigned sample of calligraphy in Nasta'liq script in both Arabic and Persian.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "11th century AH/AD 17th century (Mughal)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.704",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.704.a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.704.a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.704.a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 20,
            "height": 30.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 7 7/8 x W: 12 in. (20 x 30.5 cm); Image H: 3 11/16 x W: 6 5/8 in. (9.3 x 16.8 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "dynasty": "Mughal Dynasty",
    "RelatedObjects": [
        "84220",
        "84219"
    ],
    "med": "ink and pigments on paper mounted on pasteboard",
    "creator_ids": [
        "19402"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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        "ISL",
        "MIS",
        "INT"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2871"
    ]
}

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