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{
    "localId": "35502",
    "label": "Kylix with Head of an Amazon",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2767"
}

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    "id": "35502",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2767",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kylix with Head of an Amazon",
    "description": "This cup shows a variation of the motif of the female head: the woman is an Amazon and she wears a dotted Phrygian cap and a laurel wreath. The outside of the cup is decorated with figures of a naked youth and a seated woman, with palmettes in between.",
    "provenance": "Ariadne Galleries, Inc., New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Marilyn and Herbert Scher, Pikesville, MD, 1984, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2003, by gift.",
    "date": "late 4th century BCE (Hellenistic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2767",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "kylikes"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_48.2767_Int_TR_T03III.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_48.2767_Int_TR_T03III.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.4,
            "height": 21
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 1/8 x 8 1/4 in. (5.4 x 21 cm) (h. x max. width)"
}

{
    "med": "terracotta, wheel made; red figure",
    "creator_ids": [
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        "6256"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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