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    "localId": "32694",
    "label": "Bowl with Flowers and Butterflies",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.1108"
}

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    "id": "32694",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.1108",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Bowl with Flowers and Butterflies",
    "description": "Each medallion decorating this bowl features a motif of two facing butterflies representing a joyful encounter.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown];  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1723-1735 (Qing dynasty (1644-1911))",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.1108",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "bowls (vessels)"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.6,
            "height": 13.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 5/8 × Diam: 5 1/4 in. (6.6 × 13.4 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Chinese",
    "inscriptions": "reign mark of Yongzheng [Yung-Cheng] (1722-1735)",
    "reign": "Yongzheng (1723-1735)",
    "med": "porcelain, overglaze enamel",
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    ],
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    ],
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        "3172"
    ]
}

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