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{
    "localId": "30828",
    "label": "Beaker",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/47.18"
}

{
    "id": "30828",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/47.18",
    "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 a figure riding a grey donkey—possibly Christ entering Jerusalem. A larger vessel in the Walters collection (Walters 47.17), perhaps made to pair with this beaker, depicts figures resembling saints alternating with two-storied, domed structures that may represent monastic communities. 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/47.18",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Glasswares",
        "beakers (drinking vessels)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_47.18_VwL_DD_T10.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_47.18_VwL_DD_T10.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_47.18_VwL_DD_T10.jpg",
    "imageCount": 35,
    "pageCount": 35,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 17,
            "height": 11.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 6 3/4 x Diam: 4 3/8 in. (17 x 11.1 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "inscriptions": "[Translation] Glory to our master ... the just ...",
    "dynasty": "Ayyubid or Mamluk Dynasty",
    "med": "glass with gilding and enamel",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3930"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ISL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "475",
        "13",
        "2650",
        "3314"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 19,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_47.18_VwS_DD_T10.jpg",
    "mediaId": "6492ca61a6be6fbe"
}