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    "localId": "29124",
    "label": "Bell Krater with Dionysiac Scenes",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.74"
}

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    "id": "29124",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.74",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Bell Krater with Dionysiac Scenes",
    "description": "The wine-god Dionysus appears often on vases of this shape (called a bell krater), which held wine for drinking parties. He is usually shown as a bearded and majestic god. Here, Dionysus holds a thyrsus (a pole often twined with ivy and grapevines and topped with a pine cone) in one hand and a kantharos (a high-handled drinking cup) in the other. He turns his head to gaze at a maenad who follows, while a satyr playing the double flutes leads the procession. The maenad carries an oinochoe (a wine jug) and a lighted torch, indicating that the group's journey takes place at night.",
    "provenance": "Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [cat. no. 170]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 440 BCE (Classical)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.74",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "bell kraters"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 4,
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 29.2,
            "height": 34,
            "depth": 30.8
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "11 1/2 x 13 3/8 x 12 1/8 in. (29.2 x 34 x 30.8 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Greek",
    "style": "Attic",
    "med": "terracotta, wheel made; red figure",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "GRC"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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