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    "localId": "40161",
    "label": "Cup",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1450"
}

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    "id": "40161",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1450",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Cup",
    "description": "Although long-known in China, the technique of making true or hard-paste porcelain was not rediscovered in Europe until J. F. Böttger's experiments at Meissen in the early 18th century.This little porcelain cup with its applied prunus or plum blossom decoration reflects the influence of a Chinese, \"blanc de chine\" porcelain prototype.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1725-1730",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1450",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "cups (drinking vessels)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_48.1450_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_48.1450_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 4.3,
            "height": 7.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 11/16 × Diam: 2 15/16 in. (4.3 × 7.4 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Mark] Crossed swords on bottom; [Mark] Quartered circle impressed on inside rim of foot; [Mark] Two raised dots on inside rim of foot",
    "med": "hard paste porcelain with glaze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3100"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3334"
    ]
}

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