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{
    "localId": "13701",
    "label": "Decoration from a Bed",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.616"
}

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    "id": "13701",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.616",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Decoration from a Bed",
    "description": "The silen is recognized by his bald head, fleshy nose, and pointed ear. The piece ornamented the armrest of a bed. Beds grew in popularity during Hellenistic times and were often decorated with ivory, which was available due to increased trade with Asia and Africa.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "2nd century BCE (Hellenistic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.616",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ivory & Bone",
        "beds (furniture)",
        "ornament",
        "armrests (object genre)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_71.616_Fnt_DD_T13.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_71.616_Fnt_DD_T13.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_71.616_Fnt_DD_T13.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 9.4,
            "height": 5.1,
            "depth": 1.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 11/16 x 2 x 9/16 in. (9.4 x 5.1 x 1.4 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "carved ivory",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6256"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "GRC"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2237"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_71.616_Back_DD_T13.jpg",
    "mediaId": "cbae995ec6a45b29"
}