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    "localId": "5129",
    "label": "Jar with Cover",
    "core": "obj",
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}

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    "id": "5129",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.452",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Jar with Cover",
    "description": "The bulbous lower body displays engraved harpies within medallions with arabesque designs. Around the neck is a Naskhi inscription containing an anonymous blessing set against an arabesque background. The cover is crowned by a small bird finial.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, July 10, 1928, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "late 12th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.452",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "jars",
        "covers",
        "finials"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 23,
            "height": 14.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H overall: 9 1/16 x Diam: 5 11/16 in. (23 x 14.4 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Islamic",
    "med": "bronze, silver, red patina",
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    ],
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    ],
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        "320"
    ]
}

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