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{
    "localId": "28798",
    "label": "Saint James",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2086.9"
}

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    "id": "28798",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2086.9",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Saint James",
    "description": "Two further pieces in museum belong to the same series as this one and carry images of Saint Nicholas (inv. 48.2086.1) and Saint Parascheve [?] (inv. 48.2086.14). The tiles were most likely attached to a church wall as a frieze of saint portraits alternating with plant ornament.",
    "provenance": "Nikos Avgheris, Istanbul, ca. 1950, by purchase; Robert E. Hecht, Jr., Ruxton, Maryland, 1956, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1956, by purchase.",
    "date": "10th century (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2086.9",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "ceramic tiles",
        "icons"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_48.2086.9_Fnt_TR_T00II.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_48.2086.9_Fnt_TR_T00II.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_48.2086.9_Fnt_TR_T00II.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 16.8,
            "height": 16.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "6 5/8 x 6 9/16 in. (16.8 x 16.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Byzantine",
    "dynasty": "Macedonian Dynasty",
    "med": "ceramic with glaze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6640"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BYZ"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL1_48.2086.9_Fnt_TR_T00II.jpg",
    "mediaId": "761bf907bf59257f"
}