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    "localId": "36867",
    "label": "Drum-Shaped Candlestick",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.458"
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    "id": "36867",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.458",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Drum-Shaped Candlestick",
    "description": "This drum-shaped candlestick is engraved and inlaid with silver and gold.  It bears a large Tuluth inscription, and decorations with peonies and four roundels.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "Body: 14th century; Replacement Neck: 1745-1746 (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.458",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "candlesticks"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 25,
    "pageCount": 25,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 34.5,
            "height": 37,
            "depth": 32.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 13 9/16 × W: 14 9/16 × D: 12 13/16 in. (34.5 × 37 × 32.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] On replacement neck: Hasan al-Hindi; [Date] On replacement neck: A.H. 1158",
    "dynasty": "Mamluk Dynasty",
    "med": "brass with silver and gold inlay",
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        "4489"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2114"
    ]
}

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