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    "localId": "13898",
    "label": "Male Figure Holding a Vase",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1808"
}

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    "id": "13898",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1808",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Male Figure Holding a Vase",
    "description": "Figures holding vases are common in Mesopotamian art and are associated with the importance of fresh water for agriculture.",
    "provenance": "Mrs. Henry Walters, New York; Sale, Joseph Brummer, New York, 1941; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.",
    "date": "ca. 2000-1000 BCE",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1808",
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    "imageCount": 6,
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
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            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.5,
            "height": 5.1,
            "depth": 3.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 9/16 x 2 x 1 3/8 in. (6.5 x 5.1 x 3.5 cm)"
}

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    "med": "mold-made terracotta",
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}

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