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{
    "localId": "80938",
    "label": "Belt Fitting",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2331"
}

{
    "id": "80938",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2331",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Belt Fitting",
    "description": "The front of the arc-shaped buckle is chased and worked in a perforated style, with a central medallion and tendrils around it. The outer frame combines four-leafed rosettes and leaf-shaped elements. The central medallion and the outer border are executed in niello technique. The inner border section contains five ring-shaped elements with cross- and leaf-shaped decoration. The hole through the back still has the ring and the clasp preserved.The back has an Arabic stamp with the name of a ruler and a date, which has not yet been deciphered.",
    "provenance": "Mr. Derek Content and Mr. Benjamin Zucker [Zucker Family Trust] London and New York, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by gift.",
    "date": "ca. 1800",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2331",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "buckles (strap accessories)",
        "girdles (belts)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_TL.2010.3.26_Fnt_DD_T10.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_TL.2010.3.26_Fnt_DD_T10.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_TL.2010.3.26_Fnt_DD_T10.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.1,
            "height": 5.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 13/16 x W: 2 3/16 in. (7.1 x 5.6 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Stamp] Undecipherable name and date in Arabic",
    "med": "silver with niello and gilding",
    "creator_ids": [
        "5407"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JWL",
        "SAY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3181",
        "3562"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_TL.2010.3.26_Back_DD_T10.jpg",
    "mediaId": "a7801bf52bb2a753"
}