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    "localId": "23780",
    "label": "Ring",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1838"
}

{
    "id": "23780",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1838",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Ring",
    "description": "This cast gold ring showing a mermaid embracing a satyr as well as a resting cupid is said to illustrate P. B. Shelley's poem \"Love's Philosophy.\" The sculptor modeled the ring in wax and cast it using a suction pump to draw the molten gold into the mold.",
    "provenance": "Amelia A. Muller [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1950, by gift.",
    "date": "1920s",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1838",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "rings"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS4_57.1838_VwF_DD_ED24_53658.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS4_57.1838_VwF_DD_ED24_53658.jpg",
    "imageCount": 9,
    "pageCount": 9,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm)"
}

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    "med": "gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2349"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513"
    ]
}

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    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS4_57.1838_Fnt_DD_ED24_53665.jpg",
    "mediaId": "3a62112af167fe7c"
}