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{
    "localId": "29902",
    "label": "Calyx on High Foot",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.529"
}

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    "id": "29902",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.529",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Calyx on High Foot",
    "description": "This calyx is decorated with an inscription band in naskhi script which is interspersed with rosettes around the rim. Below, intertwining bands with large roundels are filled with geometrical designs.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [from the Hamadan Treasure]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "12th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.529",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "cups (drinking vessels)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_54.529_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_54.529_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_54.529_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 12.8,
            "height": 17.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 5 1/16 x Diam: 13/16 in. (12.8 x 17.3 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Translation] Lasting glory",
        "perfect glory",
        "increasing prosperity",
        "thriving luck",
        "authority",
        "praise",
        "honor",
        "...[?]",
        "authority",
        "praise."
    ],
    "med": "bronze, engraved and inlaid silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3496"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ISL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "320"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL2_54.529_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "mediaId": "e8a9d39c12cb8f30"
}