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{
    "localId": "30604",
    "label": "Bell-shaped Amulet",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.1203"
}

{
    "id": "30604",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.1203",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Bell-shaped Amulet",
    "description": "This amulet was made for the Munakata Grand Shrine at an unknown kiln in Kyushu. It would have been fastened by the silk cord to a traveling case for protection.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "19th century (Edo; Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.1203",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "bells",
        "amulets"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_49.1203_Prof_DD_T06.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_49.1203_Prof_DD_T06.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_49.1203_Prof_DD_T06.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Transcription] two character signature unread; chikuzen munakata jingu kempo san ___ ___ kugatsu niche[Translation] Munakata Shrine",
        "Chikuzen",
        "kempo 3 (1215)",
        "ninth month"
    ],
    "med": "stoneware with ash glaze, silk cord",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JPK"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_49.1203_Prof_DD_T06.jpg",
    "mediaId": "8324ef699c3b8a3b"
}