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    "localId": "12768",
    "label": "Krishna Playing the Flute",
    "core": "obj",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.3005"
}

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    "id": "12768",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.3005",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Krishna Playing the Flute",
    "description": "Krishna seduced the female cowherds of Brindavan, his hometown, with the sound of his bamboo flute. Like the infatuated cowherds, who are known as \"gopis,\" Krishna’s devotees experience an ardent love for the god. Here, Krishna’s body sways to the music, and he rests the toe of one wooden sandal on his lotus pedestal. Colored metal inlays and gemstones, some now missing, would have created a rich visual effect. The figure’s upraised hands once held a flute.",
    "provenance": "John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore; given to Walters Art Museum, 2002.",
    "date": "15th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.3005",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
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        "sculpture (visual works)"
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    "imageCount": 9,
    "pageCount": 9,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 24,
            "height": 12,
            "depth": 12
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 9 7/16 × W: 4 3/4 × D: 4 3/4 in. (24 × 12 × 12 cm)"
}

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    "med": "copper alloy with silver and gemstones",
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