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    "localId": "80933",
    "label": "Belt Fitting",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2326"
}

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    "id": "80933",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2326",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Belt Fitting",
    "description": "The front of the arch-shaped buckle is decorated with in filigree technique with spiral and tendril arabesques as well as small rosette-shaped granulation clusters; at the center of the decoration is a large eight-leaf rosette. A small perforation was used to attach the buckle to the girdle.The back is blank except an Arabic stamp with name and date of the ruler: al-Mansur 11xx. The stamp belongs to Imam al-Mansur al-Husayn, who lived from AH 1139 to 1161 (AD 1727-1748).An engraved inscription in Hebrew names the silversmith: Yahya Tayyib (?), siyyur (?).",
    "provenance": "Mr. Derek Content and Mr. Benjamin Zucker [Zucker Family Trust] London and New York, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by gift.",
    "date": "1139-1161 AH/AD 1727-1748",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2326",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "buckles (strap accessories)",
        "girdles (belts)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_TL.2010.3.21_Fnt_DD_T10.jpg",
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    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 8.8,
            "height": 6.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 7/16 x W: 2 3/8 in. (8.8 x 6.1 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Stamp] In Arabic: al-Mansur 11xx; [Engraved] In Hebrew: Yahya Tayyib (?)",
        "siyyur (?)"
    ],
    "reign": "Imam al-Mansur al-Husayn (1139-1161 AH/AD 1727-1748)",
    "med": "silver with gilding",
    "creator_ids": [
        "18962"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JWL",
        "SAY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3181",
        "3562"
    ]
}

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