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    "localId": "80064",
    "label": "Yusuf Gives a Royal Banquet in Honor of his Marriage",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.644.150B"
}

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    "id": "80064",
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    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Yusuf Gives a Royal Banquet in Honor of his Marriage",
    "description": "Once Yusuf, depicted here on a folio from Walters manuscript W.644 with a flaming halo and seated at the left side of the composition, received divine approval to marry Zulaykha, he organized a banquet to which he invited the Egyptian king and officials. The banquet takes place in an interior defined by two curtained windows and tiled walls with floral decoration.",
    "provenance": "Papas-zadah …(?), [1]311 AH/AD 1893-1894 [fol. 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.644.150B",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 22,
            "height": 14
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 8 11/16 x W: 5 1/2 in. (22 x 14 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic; Persian",
    "dynasty": "Safavid Dynasty",
    "med": "ink and pigments on cream-colored laid paper",
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    ],
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        "MSS",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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