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{
    "localId": "4179",
    "label": "Snuff Bottle with Peony Scrolls",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.286"
}

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    "id": "4179",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.286",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Snuff Bottle with Peony Scrolls",
    "description": "Snuff bottle of twin cylinder shape glazed with applied iron red enamel illustrating stylized peonies and vines.  The base has underglaze Yung Cheng mark but is not of the period.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown];  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "19th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.286",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "snuff bottles",
        "stoppers"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_49.286_Bot_DD_AT18-030816-tms.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_49.286_Bot_DD_AT18-030816-tms.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_49.286_Bot_DD_AT18-030816-tms.jpg",
    "imageCount": 7,
    "pageCount": 7,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.6,
            "height": 4.3,
            "depth": 2.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall H: 2 5/8 × W: 1 11/16 × D: 7/8 in. (6.6 × 4.3 × 2.2 cm); Bottle H: 2 3/8 × W: 1 11/16 × D: 7/8 in. (6.1 × 4.3 × 2.2 cm); Stopper B, H: 1 15/16 × Diam: 3/8 in. (4.9 × 1 cm); Stopper C, H: 1/2 × Diam: 7/16 in. (1.2 × 1.1 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Chinese",
    "inscriptions": "spurious reign mark of Yongzheng [Yung-Cheng] (1722-1735)",
    "dynasty": "Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty",
    "med": "porcelain with iron red enamel",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6238"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "CHN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3564"
    ]
}

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