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    "localId": "159",
    "label": "Water Jar with Dragons",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.902"
}

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    "id": "159",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.902",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Water Jar with Dragons",
    "description": "Jars of this type were once used as water pots on a writing desk by scholars. The rounded crisp mouth is a functional design which assists in removing excess water from a brush. Cobalt blue paintings on the white porcelain body depict a three clawed dragon consuming floating sacred fungi lingzhi, believed to ensure long life and used as a symbol for immortality. A mark for good luck inscribed on the foot of the pot reads \"precious jade treasure\".",
    "provenance": "Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.",
    "date": "early 18th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.902",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "jars"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 18,
    "pageCount": 18,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.6,
            "height": 6.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 3/16 × Diam: 2 5/8 in. (5.6 × 6.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Chinese",
    "inscriptions": "marked: \"\"precious jade treasure\"\"",
    "dynasty": "Qing Dynasty",
    "reign": "Kangxi; Yongzheng",
    "med": "semi-eggshell porcelain with underglaze blue decoration",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6238"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "CHN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2514"
    ]
}

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