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    "localId": "34437",
    "label": "Square Dish with Chrysanthemums",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.936"
}

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    "id": "34437",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.936",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Square Dish with Chrysanthemums",
    "description": "Originally made only for the ruling family, during the Meiji period (1868‒1912), Nabeshima wares began to be exported as well. The designs drew on Japanese traditions, especially textile design and painting, and are often marked by the use of empty space.",
    "provenance": "William T. or Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore. by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.",
    "date": "ca. 1860 (Edo period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.936",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
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    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 3.8,
            "height": 15.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 1/2 × W: 6 in. (3.8 × 15.2 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Nabeshima",
    "dynasty": "Edo period",
    "med": "porcelain, underglaze blue",
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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