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    "localId": "36653",
    "label": "Scepter (\"\"Ju-i\"\")",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.299"
}

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    "id": "36653",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.299",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Scepter (\"\"Ju-i\"\")",
    "description": "Consists of three plaques at center and ends; largest has a dragon among cloud scrolls, at opposite end there is a kylin among cloud scrolls, in the center there is a phoenix and flying bird among flowers and rocks. Plaques are mounted in metal gilt elaborately carved with blossoming plums and Buddhist emblems. Silk tassel with silk-covered balls of jade and coral and a pendant carved as a bat. Silk-covered, paste-board base.",
    "provenance": "Chamot Sale, American Art Gallery, 1907; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1907, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "19th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.299",
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    "language": "en",
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        "scepters"
    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 22 1/2 in."
}

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    "cul": "Chinese",
    "dynasty": "Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty",
    "med": "jade, gilt metal, silk",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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