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{
    "localId": "4176",
    "label": "Celadon Box",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/1994.5.168"
}

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    "id": "4176",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/1994.5.168",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Celadon Box",
    "description": "Over 500 years ago in Japan, a repair technique was developed that celebrated the beauty of imperfection. Called kintsugi, which translates as “golden joinery,” this technique uses a mixture of lacquer and gold, silver, or platinum to mend an object in a way that highlights (rather than hides) the damage. More than merely a craft technique, kintsugi is a tangible display of the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi, a belief in the beauty of imperfection. This Japanese tradition has been applied to ceramics in other parts of East Asia including this stoneware vessel from Korea.",
    "provenance": "Lispenard and Marshall Green; given to Walters Art Museum, 1994.",
    "date": "n. d.",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/1994.5.168",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "boxes (containers)"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 3.9,
            "height": 8.8
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 9/16 × Max W: 3 7/16 in. (3.9 × 8.8 cm); H of top: 11/16 × Max W: 3 7/16 in. (1.8 × 8.8 cm); H of bottom: 7/8 × Max W: 3 1/4 in. (2.3 × 8.7 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Korean",
    "med": "mold made stoneware with celadon glaze, lacquer repairs",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2851"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JPK"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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