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    "localId": "35567",
    "label": "Salver (Tray)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.527"
}

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    "id": "35567",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.527",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Salver (Tray)",
    "description": "Gilded metal objects like these were made by Muslim craftsmen in Islamic lands for export to Europe. Muslim artisans often decorated their export wares with designs resembling European coats of arms, as seen in the center of the salver (tray), in addition to geometric patterns, medallions, and foliage common in Islamic art. The name of the artist, Mahmud ibn al-Kurdi, appears on a number of such export wares.",
    "provenance": "Joseph Brummer, New York; Henry Walters, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "late 15th century (Late Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.527",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "trays",
        "salvers"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_54.527_Fnt_TR_T99III.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_54.527_Fnt_TR_T99III.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.7,
            "height": 49.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 1/4 x Diam: 19 1/2 in. (5.7 x 49.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] Mahmud ibn al-Kurdi",
    "med": "brass, gilded and inlaid with silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3254"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ISL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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