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{
    "localId": "18104",
    "label": "One of a Pair of Flower Vases (Cuvette à fleurs Verdun)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.621"
}

{
    "id": "18104",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.621",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "One of a Pair of Flower Vases (Cuvette à fleurs Verdun)",
    "description": "This flower holer in the distinctive green color introduced at Sèvres in 1756 bears reserves decorated by André-Vincent Vielliard, one of the most versatile decorators at the manufactory.",
    "provenance": "E. M. Hodgkins Collection, Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown];  A. Seligmann, Rey and Co., New York;  Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, by purchase;  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1758",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.621",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "jardinières (containers)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_48.621_Fnt_BW_C40.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_48.621_Fnt_BW_C40.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_48.621_Fnt_BW_C40.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.4,
            "height": 33
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 1/8 x W: 13 in. (5.4 x 33 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Factory Mark] painted in blue: Intertwined LLs; [Date] Letter painted in blue: E [1758]; [Decorator's Mark] painted in blue: line with three dots [for André-Vincent Vielliard]",
    "med": "Soft paste porcelain, enamels, gilding",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4476",
        "1916"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL2_48.621_48.622_Fnt_BW_C40.jpg",
    "mediaId": "b82815f33709f38b"
}