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    "localId": "15318",
    "label": "Round Box",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.516"
}

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    "id": "15318",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.516",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Round Box",
    "description": "This round box has a dome-shaped cover attached with chains on two sides, fastening in the front. Around the body is a broad band containing a thuluth inscription of blessings for the sultan. Persian verses decorate the cover along with arabesque patterns.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1922, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "14th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.516",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "boxes (containers)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.516_Back_DD_T09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.516_Back_DD_T09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 8.8,
            "height": 9.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 7/16 x Diam: 3 11/16 in. (8.8 x 9.4 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Islamic",
    "med": "brass, silver, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "709",
        "2289"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "mediaId": "d661c13263adedc4"
}