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    "localId": "37200",
    "label": "Teapot with Dragons and Clouds",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.989"
}

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    "id": "37200",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.989",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Teapot with Dragons and Clouds",
    "description": "This teapot consists of a round white body, curved spout, and a tall handle situated over the lid. Painted in underglaze cobalt blue on either side are four clawed dragons facing forward and flying among spiraling clouds and thin flames. Each dragon guards a flaming pearl which is located in the center. Beneath the spout is painted a Buddhist emblem.",
    "provenance": "Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876; purchased by William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1876; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.",
    "date": "ca. 1730",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.989",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "teapots",
        "lids"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_49.989_Mrk_DD_T16-tms.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_49.989_Mrk_DD_T16-tms.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 15.9,
            "height": 13.6,
            "depth": 10.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H including handle: 6 1/4 × W including spout: 5 3/8 × 4 1/8 in. (15.9 × 13.6 × 10.5 cm); Lid H: 7/8 × Diam: 1 13/16 in. (2.2 × 4.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Chinese",
    "dynasty": "Qing Dynasty",
    "reign": "Yongzheng (1723-1735)",
    "med": "porcelain with underglaze blue decoration, string",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6238"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "CHN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "244"
    ]
}

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