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    "localId": "415",
    "label": "Vase with Dragons",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.1405"
}

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    "id": "415",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.1405",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Vase with Dragons",
    "description": "The sea is depicted at the bottom of this vase.  Above are dragons, embodiments of the yang energies.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1710-1722",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.1405",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "8 5/16 in. (21.1 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Chinese",
    "inscriptions": "[Reign Mark] In underglaze blue: Kangxi [K'ang-hsi]",
    "dynasty": "Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty",
    "reign": "Kangxi [K'ang-hsi] (1661-1722)",
    "med": "incised porcelain with underglaze red",
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    ],
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    ]
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