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{
    "localId": "80927",
    "label": "Bracelet",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2323"
}

{
    "id": "80927",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2323",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Bracelet",
    "description": "The chased bracelet is made of a larger (2/3) and a smaller piece (1/3) that together form a hollow ring. The design depicts four-leaf clovers, six on the larger piece and three on the smaller piece of the ring. The lower rim has twenty loops, each with a ring and a ball-shaped, hollow dangle. One ring has lost its ball.On the inner side of the bracelet is an Arabic stamp with the name of the ruler: al- Mansur. Al-Mansur Ali I ruled from AH 1189 to 1224 (AD 1775-1809).An engraved Hebrew inscription names the silversmith: Yosef Kohen.",
    "provenance": "Mr. Derek Content and Mr. Benjamin Zucker [Zucker Family Trust] London and New York, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by gift.",
    "date": "1189-1224 AH/AD 1775-1809",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2323",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "bracelets"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_TL.2010.3.15_VwA_DD_T10.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_TL.2010.3.15_VwA_DD_T10.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_TL.2010.3.15_VwA_DD_T10.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Outer diam: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); Inner diam: 1 15/16 x W: 1/2 in. (5 x 1.3 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Stamp] In Arabic: al-Mansur; [Engraved] In Hebrew: Yosef Kohen",
    "reign": "Al-Mansur 'Ali (1189-1224 AH/AD 1775-1809)",
    "med": "silver, gilding, possibly niello",
    "creator_ids": [
        "18961"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JWL",
        "SAY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3181",
        "3562"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_TL.2010.3.15_VwA_DD_T10.jpg",
    "mediaId": "e35b30c02b195e78"
}