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    "localId": "6502",
    "label": "Vase with Decoration of Snake, Seated God, Worshippers, Goat",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1774"
}

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    "id": "6502",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1774",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Vase with Decoration of Snake, Seated God, Worshippers, Goat",
    "description": "A low-relief frieze of figures encircles this spouted vessel. The character of the imagery is reminiscent of Near Eastern examples such as cylinder seals. The authenticity of this piece has been questioned.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "n.d. (unknown)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1774",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "vases"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_48.1774_NF_3824-tms.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 11.9,
            "height": 10.2,
            "depth": 11.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 4 11/16 × Diam: 4 × Diam with spout: 4 3/8 in. (11.9 × 10.2 × 11.1 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "unknown",
    "med": "ceramic",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2190"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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