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    "localId": "40086",
    "label": "Vase for a Buddhist Altar",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2016"
}

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    "id": "40086",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2016",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Vase for a Buddhist Altar",
    "description": "This is an example of fencai enamel decorated porcelain.",
    "provenance": "William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown];  Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance;  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1723-1735",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2016",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "vases"
    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 42.3,
            "height": 17.6,
            "depth": 20.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 16 5/8 × W: 6 15/16 × D: 7 15/16 in. (42.3 × 17.6 × 20.2 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Chinese",
    "style": "famille rose",
    "inscriptions": "reign mark of Yongzheng [Yung-Cheng] (1722-1735)",
    "dynasty": "Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty",
    "reign": "Yongzheng [Yung-Cheng] (1722-1735)",
    "med": "porcelain with overglaze enamels",
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    ],
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    ],
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    ]
}

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