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{
    "localId": "39294",
    "label": "Single Leaf of Shah Sarmad and Prince Dara Shikoh",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.912"
}

{
    "id": "39294",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.912",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Single Leaf of Shah Sarmad and Prince Dara Shikoh",
    "description": "According to inscriptions written in Nasta'liq script, this painting, Walters manuscript leaf W.912, depicts the Mughal prince Dara Shikoh (born 1024 AH/AD 1615) and the holy man Shah Sarma seated under a tree. Behind the wise man stands an attendant with a peacock-feather fan. A celebrated scholar, sufi, and ruler, Dara Shikoh was the eldest son of Shah Jahan. On the back is a page of calligraphy signed with the epithet Jawahir raqam. There are wide polychrome and illuminated borders on both sides of the leaf.",
    "provenance": "John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2002, by gift.",
    "date": "12th century AH/AD 18th century (Mughal)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.912",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/ARG_W.912_Back_UK.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/ARG_W.912_Back_UK.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/ARG_W.912_Back_UK.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 43.5,
            "height": 24.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 17 1/8 × W: 9 9/16 in. (43.5 × 24.3 cm); Image H: 7 7/8 x W: 5 1/2 in. (20 x 14 cm); Framed H: 26 1/4 × W: 21 3/4 × D: 1 1/2 in. (66.68 × 55.25 × 3.81 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "style": "late Mughal",
    "dynasty": "Mughal Dynasty",
    "RelatedObjects": [
        "84208",
        "84207"
    ],
    "med": "opaque watercolor and ink on paper mounted on pasteboard",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2191"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "INT",
        "MIS",
        "ISL",
        "MSS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/ARG_W.912_Back_UK.jpg",
    "mediaId": "c184cef0dddd7abc"
}