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    "localId": "83448",
    "label": "Binding from Collection of Poems (Divan)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.633.binding"
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    "id": "83448",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.633.binding",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Binding from Collection of Poems (Divan)",
    "description": "This non-original, dark brown leather binding from Walters manuscript W.633 has a with flap and is decorated with a central lobed medallion with pendants and cornerpieces brushed with gold. The endleaves are of marbled paper with gilt edges. The binding probably dates to the 17th or 18th century.",
    "provenance": "Muhammad ibn Mustafá [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [ownership statement on fol. 1a]; Muhammad Riza Javahid Zamuni (?) [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression on fol. 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "17th-18th century (?) (Safavid)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.633.binding",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "bindings"
    ],
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    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 14,
            "height": 9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 5 1/2 x W: 3 9/16 in. (14 x 9 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Islamic",
    "dynasty": "Safavid Dynasty",
    "med": "dark brown leather with gold and marbled paper",
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    ],
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        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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