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    "localId": "16113",
    "label": "Shiva and His Family",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.907"
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    "title": "Shiva and His Family",
    "description": "Shiva, surrounded by his family, is both an ascetic practitioner of yoga (a yogi) and a loving husband and father. Wearing little beyond his serpents, jewelry, and prayer beads, he lifts a cup as his wife, the goddess Parvati, pours him a helping of bhang, a cannabis-based drink. Hindu deities are often depicted with the mounts on which they ride. The couple’s elephant-headed son, Ganesha, sits between Shiva’s bull and Parvati’s lion, while their second son, the six-headed Kumara, reaches up toward his peacock, offering it food or drink.",
    "provenance": "John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore; given to Walters Art Museum, 2002.",
    "date": "early 19th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.907",
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    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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        "miniatures (paintings)"
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
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            "units": "cm",
            "width": 20.8,
            "height": 15.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 8 3/16 x W: 6 1/4 in. (20.8 x 15.88 cm); Framed H: 20 1/8 × W: 15 3/16 × D: 1 1/4 in. (51.12 × 38.58 × 3.18 cm)"
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