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    "localId": "16122",
    "label": "Lamp Stand",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.458"
}

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    "id": "16122",
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    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Lamp Stand",
    "description": "Made in two parts, this elegant lamp stand features a supporting column resembling the tapering stalk of a papyrus plant, terminating in a papyrus umbel, or flower cluster. The cap supported a bronze or ceramic bowl containing oil. The wick was made of twisted linen, and salt was added to the oil to prevent it from smoking.",
    "provenance": "Rev. William MacGregor Collection Sale, Sotheby's, London, 1922, no. 314;  Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, 1922, by purchase;  Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase;  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "3rd-2nd century BCE (Ptolemaic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.458",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "stands",
        "lamps"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 44.6,
            "height": 14.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "17 9/16 x 5 11/16 in. (44.6 x 14.5 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "Ptolemaic Dynasty",
    "med": "faience with light blue glaze",
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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