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    "localId": "10011",
    "label": "Ring",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1638"
}

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    "id": "10011",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1638",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Ring",
    "description": "The ring, fashioned of gold plated bronze, has an oval red stone set in the bezel. Represented in intaglio is the god of war Mars, wearing a crested helmet and carrying a spear and a trophy (captured armor on a pole).",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1941, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. N5132]; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.",
    "date": "1st century CE",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1638",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "rings"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_57.1638_Fnt_BW_C79.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_57.1638_Fnt_BW_C79.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Inner Diam: 5/8 in. (1.59 cm); Outer Diam: 15/16 in. (2.38 cm)"
}

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    "med": "gold plate on bronze, red stone",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6191"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ROM",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513"
    ]
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL2_57.1638_Fnt_BW_C79.jpg",
    "mediaId": "e4ae7f9c87570d5f"
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