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    "localId": "31490",
    "label": "Tile with Figures and Animals",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1296"
}

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    "id": "31490",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1296",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tile with Figures and Animals",
    "description": "The central figure on this Kashan ware tile represents Faridun, a legendary Iranian king whose brave feats are extolled in the Shahnama, as he rides his favorite mount, a cow named Birmaya, while holding an ox-headed mace. The writing that runs underneath Faridun and his two attendants comes from a different section of the Shahnama, suggesting that the artist who decorated this tile was not necessarily concerned with maintaining a close correlation between image and text.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as from Veramin]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "late 13th century (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1296",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "tiles"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 28.3,
            "height": 29.1,
            "depth": 2.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "11 1/8 x 11 7/16 x 1 1/16 in. (28.3 x 29.1 x 2.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "inscriptions": "[Inscription]",
    "med": "fritware with underglaze and luster decoration",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
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        "ISL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2605",
        "392"
    ]
}

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