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    "localId": "35334",
    "label": "Shiva and His Family",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.3076"
}

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    "id": "35334",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.3076",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Shiva and His Family",
    "description": "Shiva, who is associated with both destruction and fertility, sits with his wife, the goddess Parvati, who is assocated with peaceful stability, and their two sons, Kumara and the elephant-headed Ganesha. Shiva’s bull and Parvati’s lion perch below the god and goddess, and a devotee kneels in the lower corner, looking toward the divine pair in adoration. The size of this sculpture suggests that it once served as a personal object of devotion, through which its owner could worship Shiva and his family.",
    "provenance": "Bashir Antiquities, New Delhi; purchased by John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, February 1989; given to Walters Art Museum, 2008.",
    "date": "10th century CE",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.3076",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "sculpture (visual works)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_54.3076_Fnt_TR_AJIV.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_54.3076_Fnt_TR_AJIV.jpg",
    "imageCount": 7,
    "pageCount": 7,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 12.8,
            "height": 11.3,
            "depth": 6.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 5 1/16 × W: 4 7/16 × D: 2 9/16 in. (12.8 × 11.3 × 6.5 cm)"
}

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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
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    ]
}

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