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    "localId": "82468",
    "label": "Tea Caddy with Chinese-inspired Decoration",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.951"
}

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    "id": "82468",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.951",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tea Caddy with Chinese-inspired Decoration",
    "description": "This tea caddy has a domed, hinged top, whereas the coffee caddy (44.952) is distinguished by its removable, bulbous top. The decoration with its large blossoms, fretwork, dragon heads, and spirals and yellow and blue color scheme is decidedly Chinese-inspired.",
    "provenance": "Sale, Juvel og Kunst, Copenhagen, December 7, 1970 (as 11th Artel for Fabergé); puchased by Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C., 1970; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 2010.",
    "date": "1908-1917",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.951",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "tea caddies (containers)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_44.951_3Qtr_DD_T14.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_44.951_3Qtr_DD_T14.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 10,
            "height": 8.5,
            "depth": 8.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 15/16 x W: 3 3/8 x D: 3 3/8 in. (10 x 8.5 x 8.6 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Symbols] On base: circular kokoshnik right",
        "kokoshnik right",
        "delta",
        "84",
        "11A"
    ],
    "med": "silver gilding, painted enamel",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3236"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "mediaId": "7f06cc4f09ce691a"
}