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{
    "localId": "15942",
    "label": "Beaked Pitcher",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.947"
}

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    "id": "15942",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.947",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Beaked Pitcher",
    "description": "This \"oinochoe,\" a pitcher for serving wine or water, has the head of Eros (the child-god of love, also known to the Romans as Cupid) at the base of the handle. A griffin overlooks the spout.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1st century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.947",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "oinochoai",
        "pitchers"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.947_Lft_DD_T11.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.947_Lft_DD_T11.jpg",
    "imageCount": 8,
    "pageCount": 8,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 21,
            "height": 10.8,
            "depth": 10.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 8 1/4 × W with handle: 4 1/4 × D: 4 in. (21 × 10.8 × 10.2 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "cast bronze, silver inlay",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6191"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ROM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_54.947_DetB_DD_T11.jpg",
    "mediaId": "6c03dafa0d5f1520"
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