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{
    "localId": "9670",
    "label": "Single Leaf of Two Young Men Riding a White Elephant",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.693"
}

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    "id": "9670",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.693",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Single Leaf of Two Young Men Riding a White Elephant",
    "description": "This Mughal painting of the early 11th century AH/AD 17th, Walters W.693, depicts 2 young men on a white elephant. The seated man is being served wine. The painting is surrounded by a frame of illuminated buff-colored paper with four panels inscribed with Persian verses written in black Nasta'liq script. The border is of salmon-colored paper with illuminated floral motifs.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "early 11th century AH/AD 17th century (Mughal)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.693",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.693.a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.693.a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.693.a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 27,
            "height": 19
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 10 5/8 x W: 7 1/2 in. (27 x 19 cm); Image H: 9 1/16 x W: 5 11/16 in. (23 x 14.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "dynasty": "Mughal Dynasty",
    "RelatedObjects": [
        "84246",
        "84245"
    ],
    "med": "ink and pigments on paper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2191"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MSS",
        "ISL",
        "MIS",
        "INT"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2871"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_W.693.a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "mediaId": "7d972bff69cdbc1c"
}