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    "localId": "4178",
    "label": "Standing Civil Official",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2387"
}

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    "id": "4178",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2387",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Standing Civil Official",
    "description": "In the tomb, civil official figures are often accompanied by armored warriors and tomb guardian animals. This official, standing on a rock pedestal, wears boots, a wide-sleeved, full-length garment, and a hat adorned with an upside-down bird's head. The significance of the bird-adorned hat remains unknown.",
    "provenance": "Mrs. David Bruce, Georgetown, DC; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, May, 1956, by gift.",
    "date": "7th-8th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2387",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "figures"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_49.2387_3Qtr_TR_T01II.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_49.2387_3Qtr_TR_T01II.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 83.5,
            "height": 28,
            "depth": 21.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 32 7/8 × Max W: 11 × Max D: 8 3/8 in. (83.5 × 28 × 21.3 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Chinese",
    "dynasty": "Tang dynasty",
    "RelatedObjects": 19249,
    "med": "Earthenware ceramic, paint",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "CHN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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