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    "localId": "36228",
    "label": "Covered Bowl",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2798"
}

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    "id": "36228",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2798",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Covered Bowl",
    "description": "This fine porcelain covered bowl exemplifies the reach of China’s long-standing ceramics trade with Southeast Asia. It was produced in China for Siam (known today as the Kingdom of Thailand). The bowl is decorated in a Chinese-inspired style known as lai nam thong. Its identifying characteristic is the ample use of gold, or gilding. On this bowl is a traditional Siamese design of half-length celestial beings in a worshipful, “adoring god” position, each flanked by mythical hybrid creatures whose top half is humanlike and bottom half a horse.",
    "date": "19th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2798",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "covered bowls"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 15,
            "height": 21.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall w/ cover. H: 5 7/8 x Diam:  8 7/16 in. (15 x 21.5 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Chinese",
    "med": "Porcelain, overglaze enamels, gilding (lai nam thong)",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6238"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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