{"rowid": 318520, "Object Number": "1988.346", "Is Highlight": 0, "Is Public Domain": 1, "Object ID": 453310, "Department": {"value": 9, "label": "Islamic Art"}, "Object Name": {"value": 3921, "label": "Finial"}, "Title": "Finial, possibly from a Cenotaph", "Culture": null, "Period": null, "Dynasty": null, "Reign": null, "Portfolio": null, "Artist Role": null, "Artist Prefix": null, "Artist Display Name": null, "Artist Display Bio": null, "Artist Suffix": null, "Artist Alpha Sort": null, "Artist Nationality": null, "Artist Begin Date": null, "Artist End Date": null, "Object Date": "late 14th\u201316th century", "Object Begin Date": 1375, "Object End Date": 1425, "Medium": {"value": 47168, "label": "This finial was turned on a lathe from a single piece of wood to form the basic shape of a knob separated from the body by a short neck, leading down into a cylindrical base.  Carved in low relief, the monumental yet softly rounded thuluth inscription carries the same weight as the large-scale arabesque decoration with interlacing rumi or split-palmette leaves and trefoil-like flowers.  The Arabic inscription proclaims the Shi\u2019a profession of fait: \u201cThere is no God but God; Muhammad is the Prophet of God and \u2018Ali is the friend of God.\u201d"}, "Dimensions": "H. 13 in. (33 cm)\r\nMax. Diam. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)", "Credit Line": "Louis E. and Theresa S. Seley Purchase Fund for Islamic Art and Rogers Fund, 1988", "Geography Type": {"value": 5, "label": "Possibly made in"}, "City": null, "State": null, "County": null, "Country": {"value": 468, "label": "Turkey or Iran"}, "Region": null, "Subregion": null, "Locale": null, "Locus": null, "Excavation": null, "River": null, "Classification": {"value": 536, "label": "Wood"}, "Rights and Reproduction": null, "Link Resource": "http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/453310", "Metadata Date": "4/23/2018 8:00:01 AM", "Repository": {"value": 1, "label": "Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY"}}