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    "localId": "3885",
    "label": "Brush Washer in the Form of a Peony",
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    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Brush Washer in the Form of a Peony",
    "description": "Brush washers were used for removing excess ink from the brush and are essential tools for Chinese calligraphy and painting. It would have been placed on a desk with other writing instruments.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "16th-17th century (Ming dynasty (1368-1644))",
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    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 8.3,
            "height": 16.2,
            "depth": 14.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 1/4 × W: 6 3/8 × D: 5 3/4 in. (8.3 × 16.2 × 14.6 cm)"
}

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    "med": "Jade",
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