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{
    "localId": "32268",
    "label": "Single Leaf of Elephants on a River Bank",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.685"
}

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    "id": "32268",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.685",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Single Leaf of Elephants on a River Bank",
    "description": "This Mughal painting, Watlers W.685, dates to the late 10th century AH/AD 16th or the early 11th century AH/AD 17th. It depicts elephants on the bank of a river in a rocky landscape with a fortified city in the background. It appears that the wild elephants are being captured with a view to taming them. The figures in grisaille and the architectural vignettes in the background represent early contacts between Mughal India and Europe. The painting has a brown border with illuminated flora and fauna motifs.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "late 10th century AH/AD 16th-early 11th century AH/AD 17th century (Mughal)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.685",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.685.a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.685.a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.685.a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 33.5,
            "height": 21
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 13 3/16 x W: 8 1/4 in. (33.5 x 21 cm); Image H: 8 3/8 x W: 5 in. (21.2 x 12.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "dynasty": "Mughal Dynasty",
    "RelatedObjects": [
        "84250",
        "84249"
    ],
    "med": "ink and pigments on paper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2191"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MSS",
        "ISL",
        "MIS",
        "INT"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2871"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_W.685.a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "mediaId": "e8074b0dd3ee6aec"
}