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{
    "localId": "82466",
    "label": "Beaker",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.734"
}

{
    "id": "82466",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.734",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Beaker",
    "description": "The cylindrical beaker with flaring walls and a bulbous base is executed in red and blue plique-à-jour enamel supported by a twisted silver wire framework. The walls are divided into six panels with alternating arched and straight tops. Inside the arched panels a stem of orange, red, and yellow blossoms arises from a stepped mound. The straight-topped rectangular panels enclose pictorial motifs: a chinoiserie figure holding a gun or horn and a raised mallet; a stork wading in a pond with another bird flying overhead, and a peacock seen in profile. In the base in plique-à-jour enamel is a blossom with red petals and a band of violet circles.",
    "provenance": "Acquired by Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C.; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 2010.",
    "date": "1880s",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.734",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "cups (drinking vessels)",
        "beakers (drinking vessels)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_44.734_VwB_DD_AT18-033479-tms.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_44.734_VwB_DD_AT18-033479-tms.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_44.734_VwB_DD_AT18-033479-tms.jpg",
    "imageCount": 17,
    "pageCount": 17,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 12.8,
            "height": 8.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 5 1/16 x Diam at rim: 3 1/2 in. (12.8 x 8.9 cm); Diam of base: 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Marks] In Cyrillic with a slash through it: PO; [Symbol] 84",
        "St. George left"
    ],
    "med": "silver gilding, plique-à-jour enamel",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3889"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3300"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_44.734_3QtrTop_DD_AT18-033494-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "68af74f757e6507d"
}