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    "localId": "32816",
    "label": "Serving Dish for Sweetmeats",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1011"
}

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    "id": "32816",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1011",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Serving Dish for Sweetmeats",
    "description": "This dish is decorated with a golden lustre on a white glaze, and has one turquoise spot. The body is very hard and white. The dish features roundels filled alternately with birds and arabesques. With its seven compartments the dish was used to serve a variety of confections or other foods.",
    "provenance": "Arthur Sambon, Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930 by purchase;  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "12th century (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1011",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "dishes"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 8.5,
            "height": 33.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 3/8 x Diam: 13 3/8 in. (8.5 x 33.9 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Islamic",
    "med": "fritware ceramic with luster decoration",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
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    ],
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}

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