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{
    "localId": "1403",
    "label": "Buddha in Royal Attire",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2822"
}

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    "id": "1403",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2822",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Buddha in Royal Attire",
    "description": "According to a Thai text, the Buddha put on a crown and necklace when he made a magical appearance to convert a heretic king.",
    "provenance": "Present in Bangkok; Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, Maryland, July 1949 [1]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1992.[1] Presented to the Breezewood Foundation, 1985, inv. no. 852",
    "date": "ca. 16th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2822",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "sculpture (visual works)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_54.2822_Fnt_TR_T95III.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_54.2822_Fnt_TR_T95III.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_54.2822_Fnt_TR_T95III.jpg",
    "imageCount": 7,
    "pageCount": 7,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 57.8,
            "height": 19.3,
            "depth": 18.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 22 3/4 × W: 7 5/8 × D: 7 5/16 in. (57.8 × 19.3 × 18.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Thai",
    "style": "Ayutthaya",
    "med": "leaded tin brass, mother of pearl, and traces of gilding and lacquer",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "SEA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "945"
    ]
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_54.2822_Back_DD_T17-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "4c3e6ae887855f9b"
}