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    "localId": "2480",
    "label": "Amphoriskos with Mold-Made Relief Decoration",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/47.49"
}

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    "id": "2480",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/47.49",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Amphoriskos with Mold-Made Relief Decoration",
    "description": "The body of this blue glass amphoriskos was formed by blowing molten glass into a mold. The lip was shaped freely, while the small handles were added free hand. Decorative patterns cover the vessel body, with raised bands framing a central lattice register.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1st century CE (Roman Imperial)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/47.49",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "amphoriskoi"
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    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.5,
            "height": 4.7,
            "depth": 4.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 15/16 × W: 1 7/8 × D: 1 15/16 in. (7.5 × 4.7 × 4.9 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Roman",
    "med": "blue glass, mold made",
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    ],
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    "exhibition_ids": [
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        "3363"
    ]
}

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