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{
    "localId": "83407",
    "label": "Binding from Five Poems (Quintet)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.611.binding"
}

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    "id": "83407",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.611.binding",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Binding from Five Poems (Quintet)",
    "description": "This non-original binding from Walters manuscript W.611 probably dates to the early 13th century AH/AD 19th. The binding is composed of lacquer with floral design in the main and outer panels, as well as central oval medallions and pendants. The binding has no flap.",
    "provenance": "Ibrahim [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; [partly visible seal impression dated [1]230 (?) AH on fol. 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "early 13th century AH/AD 19th century (?)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.611.binding",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "bindings"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.611.binding_BotInt_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.611.binding_BotInt_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 29.5,
            "height": 17
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 11 5/8 x W: 6 11/16 in. (29.5 x 17 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Islamic",
    "med": "lacquer",
    "creator_ids": [
        "17248"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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        "MSS",
        "ISL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_W.611.binding_TopInt_DD.jpg",
    "mediaId": "e7efed5578806fc0"
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