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{
    "localId": "32266",
    "label": "Pegasos Ornament from a Chariot",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.882"
}

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    "id": "32266",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.882",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Pegasos Ornament from a Chariot",
    "description": "This ornament of the foreparts of the winged-horse Pegasos decorated a pole that would have connected a chariot to a horse. Careful modeling and incised decoration create a detailed representation of this mythical creature that signified speed. A coiled snake rears up behind Pegasos' head.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "first half 5th century BCE (Archaic-Classical)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.882",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "ornaments"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.882_RtSide_DD_T06.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.882_RtSide_DD_T06.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.882_RtSide_DD_T06.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 10,
            "height": 3.3,
            "depth": 11
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 15/16 x W: 1 5/16 x D: 4 5/16 in. (10 x 3.3 x 11 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Greek",
    "med": "bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6256"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2089",
        "2121"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_54.882_RtSide_DD_T06.jpg",
    "mediaId": "de066a2e1fc2b19a"
}