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{
    "localId": "39907",
    "label": "Cup and Saucer with Scenes of European Figures",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.574"
}

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    "id": "39907",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.574",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Cup and Saucer with Scenes of European Figures",
    "description": "Made for either domestic use or for export, this cup and saucer features a painting of European figures celebrating an autumn grape harvest at a winery. The second panel portrays a couple and a dog dancing in the fields.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown];  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1736-1795 (Qing dynasty; reign of the Qianlong emperor (1736–95))",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.574",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Enamels",
        "cups (drinking vessels)",
        "saucers"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_44.574_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_44.574_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.4,
            "height": 9.8
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "cup: 2 1/8 x 3 7/8 in. (5.4 x 9.84 cm); saucer: 5 3/4 in. (14.61 cm) (diam.)"
}

{
    "cul": "Chinese",
    "dynasty": "Qing dynasty",
    "reign": "Qianlong (1736-1795)",
    "med": "Copper, enamel, and gilding",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6238"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "CHN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "607",
        "2456"
    ]
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL9_44.574_Fnt_BW.jpg",
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}