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{
    "localId": "30576",
    "label": "Beaker",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/47.17"
}

{
    "id": "30576",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/47.17",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Beaker",
    "description": "Created in present-day Syria, during a period of religious conflict known as the Crusades (1097–1291), this beaker reflects the artistic and cultural diversity of the eastern Mediterranean region in its decoration and motifs. The figural and architectural motifs form scenes that represent Christian themes. They include compositions in which figures resembling saints alternate with two-storied, domed structures that may represent monastic communities.  A smaller vessel in the Walters collection (Walters 47.18), perhaps made to pair with this beaker, depicts a figure riding a grey donkey—possibly Christ entering Jerusalem. Above these scenes, inscriptions praising an unnamed ruler are written in Arabic, a language familiar to anyone living in this region.",
    "provenance": "G. Dattari, Cairo, by 1912. Sale, Hirsch-Sambon, Paris, 1912, lot nos. 608, 609. Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, by 1925;  purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925;  by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.",
    "date": "ca. 1260 (Crusader)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/47.17",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Glasswares",
        "beakers (drinking vessels)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_47.17_VwB_DD_T10.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_47.17_VwB_DD_T10.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_47.17_VwB_DD_T10.jpg",
    "imageCount": 37,
    "pageCount": 37,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 18.5,
            "height": 12.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 7 5/16 x Diam: 4 3/4 in. (18.5 x 12.1 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Translation] Glory to our lord the Sultan",
        "the royal",
        "the diligent",
        "the wise",
        "the defender",
        "the protector of frontiers",
        "the fortified by God",
        "the triumphant"
    ],
    "dynasty": "Ayyubid or Mamluk Dynasty",
    "RelatedObjects": 30828,
    "med": "glass with gilding and enamel",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3930"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ISL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "475",
        "13",
        "2650",
        "3314"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 12,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_47.17_VwL_DD_T10.jpg",
    "mediaId": "7dd68d59871d75f8"
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