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    "core": {
        "objectID": 93861,
        "objectNumber": "30.432",
        "primaryTitle": "Saltcellar inscribed with Poem about Salt",
        "objectName": "saltcellar",
        "dated": "between 1664 and 1665",
        "classification": "Metalwork",
        "department": "Islamic Art",
        "medium": "copper and tin",
        "dimensions": "Overall (including lid): 3 1/2 × 3 3/4 inches (8.9 × 9.5 cm)"
    },
    "provenance": {
        "creditLine": "City of Detroit Purchase",
        "provenance": "(Arthur Upham Pope);\r\n1930-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)",
        "signed": "",
        "inscribed": "Inscribed, in Persian, translation by Shadi Shafiei (26 August 2021) [translation: A saltcellar as tight as an ant’s heart, [And yet] enough salt to bring passion into the world. I sucked its lip and immediately was beside myself, The euphoric wine that gives intoxication has salt [in it]. The host would first bring a saltcellar to the table. Owned by the sinful slave Muhammad Hosein year 1075 (1664/1665 A.D).]\r\n\r\n[transliteration by Shadi Shafiei: Namakdāni bi tangi chun dil-i mur | Namak chandān ki dar giti fitad shur || Labash makidam o dar dam zi khishtan raftam | Sharāb-i shur ki masti dahad namak dārad || Mizbān avval namakdān bar sar-i khān āvarad || Sahibuhou al ‘Abd al-Muzannib Muhammad Hosein sana-i 1075]",
        "markings": ""
    },
    "creators": [
        {
            "displayName": "Mughal, Indian",
            "role": "Artist",
            "nationality": "Indian",
            "bio": ""
        }
    ],
    "rights": [
        {
            "type": "Public Domain",
            "copyright": "",
            "creditLineRepro": "Mughal, Indian, Saltcellar inscribed with Poem about Salt, between 1664 and 1665, copper and tin. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 30.432."
        }
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            "name": "cartouches",
            "type": "subject"
        },
        {
            "name": "medallions (ornament areas)",
            "type": "subject"
        },
        {
            "name": "Mughal",
            "type": "styles and periods"
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            "name": "copper",
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        {
            "name": "tin",
            "type": "material"
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        {
            "name": "plants",
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        {
            "name": "chevron",
            "type": "subject"
        },
        {
            "name": "poem",
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        {
            "name": "frieze (ornamental band)",
            "type": "subject"
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        {
            "name": "saltcellar",
            "type": "work type"
        },
        {
            "name": "Naskhi script",
            "type": "subject"
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        {
            "name": "India",
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            "name": "roses",
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        "museum": "Detroit Institute of Arts",
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