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    "localId": "6252",
    "label": "Drum of a Candlestick",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.522"
}

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    "id": "6252",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.522",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Drum of a Candlestick",
    "description": "A large inscription band is engraved around the center, interspersed with four medallions, each containing two seated figures.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "late 13th-early 14th century (Mamluk)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.522",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "candlesticks"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 20.3,
            "height": 32.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 8 x Diam at base: 12 11/16 in. (20.3 x 32.2 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Islamic",
    "style": "Mamluk",
    "med": "brass and silver",
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    ]
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