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    "localId": "7630",
    "label": "Cover of a Buddhist Manuscript",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.896"
}

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    "id": "7630",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.896",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Cover of a Buddhist Manuscript",
    "description": "The central panel depicts the Buddha Shakyamuni on the night of his enlightenment. On our left is the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara in his \"Six Syllable\" form (\"Hail jewel lotus!\"), the words of a spell come alive. The angry deity on the right is Achala, the immovable.",
    "provenance": "John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2002, by gift.",
    "date": "13th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.896",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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        "chemises (book coverings)"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 16,
            "height": 53,
            "depth": 2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 6 5/16 × L: 20 7/8 × D: 13/16 in. (16 × 53 × 2 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Tibetan",
    "med": "wood with paint and gilding",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "INT"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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