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{
    "localId": "15596",
    "label": "Amphora with Polychrome and Relief Decoration",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.117"
}

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    "id": "15596",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.117",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Amphora with Polychrome and Relief Decoration",
    "description": "This vase is a superb example from a rare group of ornate vessels. Their undecorated backs suggest they were intended for display within a niche. The Eros figures carry the attributes of Dionysus, including torches, a pail, and a lyre. The use of color, the tall, narrow proportions, and the elongated finial with floral tip on the lid are characteristic of South Italian work.",
    "provenance": "Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [cat. no. 246]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "late 3rd century BCE (Hellenistic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.117",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "amphorae (storage vessels)"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 59,
            "height": 25
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "23 1/4 x 9 13/16 in. (59 x 25 cm); 6 11/16 in. (17 cm) (max. diam.)"
}

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    "cul": "Greek",
    "RelatedObjects": 15702,
    "med": "terracotta",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6256"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2237"
    ]
}

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