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    "localId": "9596",
    "label": "Footless Cup",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1843"
}

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    "id": "9596",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1843",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Footless Cup",
    "description": "This type of drinking vessel originated in the Near East and enjoyed a special popularity in Macedonia following Alexander the Great's conquests.",
    "provenance": "Nicolas Koutoulakis, Galerie Segredakis, Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1951, by purchase.",
    "date": "ca. 300-250 BC (Hellenistic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1843",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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        "cups (drinking vessels)"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.5,
            "height": 8.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 1/8 x 3 7/16 in. (5.5 x 8.7 cm) (h. x diam.)"
}

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    ],
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    "exhibition_ids": [
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    ]
}

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