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{
    "localId": "32",
    "label": "Snuff Bottle with Dragons",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.3"
}

{
    "id": "32",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.3",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Snuff Bottle with Dragons",
    "provenance": "William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 3rd quarter 19th century (Ch'ien Lung)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.3",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "snuff bottles"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_49.3_Bot_DD_T17-tms.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_49.3_Bot_DD_T17-tms.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_49.3_Bot_DD_T17-tms.jpg",
    "imageCount": 12,
    "pageCount": 12,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7,
            "height": 6,
            "depth": 4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall H: 2 3/4 × W: 2 3/8 × D: 1 9/16 in. (7 × 6 × 4 cm); Bottle H: 2 5/16 × W: 2 3/8 × D: 1 9/16 in. (5.9 × 6 × 4 cm); Stopper H: 7/16 × Diam: 11/16 in. (1.1 × 1.8 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Chinese",
    "inscriptions": "[Reign Mark] spurious four-character mark of Qianlong [Ch'ien-lung] (1736-1795) in underglaze blue",
    "dynasty": "Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty",
    "med": "porcelain with underglaze blue, amethyst, and dyed hippo ivory",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6238"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "CHN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3564",
        "2867",
        "76"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 8,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_49.3_SideB_DD_T17-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "87aa3ee95dfa22f0"
}