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    "localId": "32058",
    "label": "Pair of Cockatoos",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1913"
}

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    "id": "32058",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1913",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Pair of Cockatoos",
    "description": "Perched on a T-shaped ivory stand is a pair of topaz cockatoos with ruby eyes and gold feet. They are connected by gold chains to a pink enamel and gold mount set in a nephrite base supported by four gold ball feet. Carl Fabergé was particularly fond of birds and kept a pet cockatoo. Such hardstone animals were a popular part of Faberge's output in the early decades of the 20th century. Inspired by Japanese netsuke, which Fabergé collected in great numbers, these tiny animals have a life-like quality. Fabergé was even commissioned to make portraits of specific pets, most famously for King Edward VII and his wife Queen Alexandra.",
    "provenance": "Dr. N. Dorin Ischlondsky [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1961, by gift.",
    "date": "early 20th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1913",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "statuettes (statues)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.1913_VwA_TR_T02V.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.1913_VwA_TR_T02V.jpg",
    "imageCount": 9,
    "pageCount": 9,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "4 in. (10.16 cm)"
}

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    "med": "topaz, tourmaline, rubies, gold, ivory, enamel, nephrite, sapphires, diamonds",
    "creator_ids": [
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        "4101",
        "4493"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
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        "2689"
    ]
}

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