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{
    "localId": "80926",
    "label": "Bracelet",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2322"
}

{
    "id": "80926",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2322",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Bracelet",
    "description": "The cast bracelet is made of a larger (2/3) and a smaller part (1/3), and is decorated with small discs and a burled rosettes, and a bead-molded band on the upper and lower rim. On the lower rim are twenty loops with rings and drop-shaped pendants. Three more loops are broken off.On the inner side of the bracelet is an Arabic stamp with the name of the ruler and part of the date: al-Mansur 11xx. Al-Mansur Ali I ruled from AH 1189 to 1224 (AD 1775-1809).An engraved inscription in Hebrew names the silversmith: Sa'id ha-Lewi.",
    "provenance": "Mr. Derek Content and Mr. Benjamin Zucker [Zucker Family Trust] London and New York, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by gift.",
    "date": "1189-1224 AH/AD 1775-1809",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2322",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "bracelets"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_TL.2010.3.14_VwA_DD_T10.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_TL.2010.3.14_VwA_DD_T10.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_TL.2010.3.14_VwA_DD_T10.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Outer diam: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); Inner diam: 2 x W: 3/8 in. (5.1 x 1 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Stamp] In Arabic: al-Mansur 11xx; [Engraved] In Hebrew: Sa'id ha-Lewi",
    "reign": "Al-Mansur 'Ali (1189-1224 AH/AD 1775-1809)",
    "med": "silver with gilding",
    "creator_ids": [
        "18960"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JWL",
        "SAY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3181",
        "3562"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_TL.2010.3.14_VwB_DD_T10.jpg",
    "mediaId": "ea0b0e35230cafd2"
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