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    "localId": "31926",
    "label": "Tea Whisk Holder from a Portable Tea Set",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.937"
}

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    "id": "31926",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.937",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tea Whisk Holder from a Portable Tea Set",
    "description": "Bamboo whisks are used to stir the powdered tea and water into a frothy drink. A whisk holder such as this example is a useful tool to care for the whisk.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore, prior to 1896 [mode of acquisition unknown];  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1825-1875",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.937",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "whisk holders"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 12.3,
            "height": 3.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 4 13/16 × Diam: 1 9/16 in. (12.3 × 3.9 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Kyoto ware",
    "inscriptions": "Mark: Gorodayu go shonzui",
    "med": "porcelain, underglaze blue",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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