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    "localId": "83555",
    "label": "Binding from Book of Kings (Shahnama)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.603.binding"
}

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    "id": "83555",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.603.binding",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Binding from Book of Kings (Shahnama)",
    "description": "This black lacquer binding from Walters manuscript W.603 has a central oval and pendants and is decorated with gold flowers. The binding is not original to the manuscript, and dates to the 13th century AH/AD 19th. The binding also contains a painted doublure with a plant with yellow flowers (perhaps daffodils) that dates to the 13th century AH/AD 19th.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "13th century AH/AD 19th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.603.binding",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "bindings"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.603.binding_BotExt_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.603.binding_BotExt_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 34,
            "height": 19.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 13 3/8 x W: 7 11/16 in. (34 x 19.5 cm)"
}

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    "med": "boards covered with lacquer",
    "creator_ids": [
        "17248"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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        "ISL",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_W.603.binding_BotInt_DD.jpg",
    "mediaId": "78270f87120e1eea"
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