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    "localId": "9297",
    "label": "Two-Handled Jar",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2392"
}

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    "id": "9297",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2392",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Two-Handled Jar",
    "description": "This two-handled storage jar was a common form produced by the ancient Majiayao culture of northwestern China. The animal-like figure in the center of this jar may be an abstraction of natural creatures such as frogs; it may also symbolize either the costume worn by a shaman or the transformation they undergo during rituals.",
    "provenance": "Mr. and Mrs. Eric Mayell, Carmel; Mathias Komor, New York; Walters Art Museum, 1958, by purchase.",
    "date": "ca. 2000 BC",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2392",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "jars"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_49.2392_Fnt_SL_T.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 27.2,
            "height": 28,
            "depth": 24.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 10 11/16 x W (with handles):11 x D: 9 5/8 in. (27.2 x 28 x 24.4 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Chinese",
    "med": "earthenware ceramic, paint",
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    ],
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        "PRE"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_49.2392_Side_DD_T12.jpg",
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