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    "localId": "35327",
    "label": "Vase with Dragons and Floral Patterns",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.1669"
}

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    "id": "35327",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.1669",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Vase with Dragons and Floral Patterns",
    "description": "This vase exemplifies why Chinese blue-and-white porcelain was so famous and desirable across the world during the 17th century: the vase’s design of dragons among floral scrolls is deftly painted with outline and wash of underglaze cobalt blue. The outlines are crisp and the washes are uniform. A clear glaze covers the cobalt design for a brilliant shine. The main design illustrates five-clawed dragons, a motif reserved for the emperor, ascending and descending in pursuit of flaming pearls.",
    "provenance": "Yamanaka Sale, American Art Association, New York, January 27, 1912, no. 25;  purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.",
    "date": "1573-1620 (Ming dynasty (1368-1644); reign of the Wanli emperor (1573-1620))",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.1669",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "vases"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 54,
            "height": 27.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 21 1/4 × Diam: 10 7/8 in. (54 × 27.56 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Chinese",
    "inscriptions": "[Reign Mark] In blue underglaze: da ming wan li nian zhi",
    "dynasty": "Ming dynasty (1368-1644)",
    "reign": "Wanli (1573-1620)",
    "med": "porcelain, underglaze blue",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6238"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "CHN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2514",
        "3172"
    ]
}

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