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    "localId": "83043",
    "label": "Bahram Gur and Portraits of the 7 Princesses",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.608.174B"
}

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    "id": "83043",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.608.174B",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Bahram Gur and Portraits of the 7 Princesses",
    "description": "Bahram Gur is depicted on this folio from Walters manuscript W.608 with his own portrait and portraits of the 7princesses, inscribed as follows: Azar Suz, Nasrin Nush, Naz Pari, Na'ma Naz, Furak, Daraspi, and Hamay.",
    "provenance": "Baqi Pasha [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [ownership note fol. 1a]; 'Ali Riza ibn Mustafá, 1180 AH/AD 1766-1777 [mode of acquisition unknown] [ownership note with seal fol. 2a]; 'Ali Mawla 'Ali [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression fols. 153a, 177a, 233a, 351a]; Sahibi umm [mother of Mirza Ibrahim] [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [ownership note fol. 351b]; Shah Vardi Ghulam Shah Mardan [date and mode of acquisition unknown [seal impression fol. 349]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "13th century AH/AD 19th century (Safavid; Qajar)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.608.174B",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 24,
            "height": 17
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 9 7/16 x W: 6 11/16 in. (24 x 17 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Islamic",
    "dynasty": "Safavid Dynasty; Qajar Dynasty",
    "med": "ink and pigments on laid paper",
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    ],
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        "ISL",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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