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    "localId": "15488",
    "label": "Mirror with a Bathing Maiden",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1169"
}

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    "id": "15488",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1169",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Mirror with a Bathing Maiden",
    "description": "The most popular type of mirror in the Hellenistic period was of \"clamshell\" form, much like the modern compact. The polished mirror disk was protected by a hinged lid, decorated with figures in relief on the exterior and, not uncommonly, with a scene engraved on its underside. Appearing on the inside lid of this mirror is a tranquil scene with a nude maiden, perhaps Aphrodite or a nymph, bathing in a rocky grotto.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "3rd century BCE (Hellenistic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1169",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "mirrors"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_54.1169_Opn_TR_T88.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2.5,
            "height": 12.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "top: 15/16 x 5 in. (2.5 x 12.7 cm) (d. x diam.)bottom: 1/2 x 4 13/16 in. (1.2 x 12.3 cm) (d. x diam.)"
}

{
    "style": "Hellenistic",
    "med": "engraved bronze, repoussé silver backed with paste",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6256"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "GRC"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2237"
    ]
}

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