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    "localId": "77453",
    "label": "Pair of Shells Mounted as Containers",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.45 (49.2255, 49.2256)"
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    "id": "77453",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.45 (49.2255, 49.2256)",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Pair of Shells Mounted as Containers",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore, prior to 1896 [mode of acquisition unknown];  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "Porcelain: 1700-1725; Mounts: 1740-1750",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.45 (49.2255, 49.2256)",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "covers (closures)",
        "vessels"
    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
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            "units": "cm",
            "width": 15.4,
            "height": 20.3,
            "depth": 18.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "49.2255: Body, H: 6 1/16 × W: 8 × D: 7 3/16 in. (15.4 × 20.3 × 18.3 cm); Lid, H: 1 13/16 × W: 4 7/8 × D: 4 5/8 in. (4.6 × 12.4 × 11.7 cm)49.2256: Body, H: 6 1/4 × W: 8 1/8 × D: 7 1/8 in. (15.9 × 20.6 × 18.1 cm); Lid, H: 1 11/16 × Diam: 4 5/8 in. (4.3 × 11.7 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Chinese",
    "dynasty": "Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty",
    "med": "porcelain with glaze monochrome turquoise with French ormolu mounts",
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        "6238"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    "exhibition_ids": []
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