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    "localId": "18922",
    "label": "Pectoral Cross with New Testament Scenes",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.143"
}

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    "id": "18922",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.143",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Pectoral Cross with New Testament Scenes",
    "description": "The carvings on this small cross show the Annunciation, Crucifixion, and Deposition on one side, and the Nativity, Baptism (flanked by two soldier saints), Virgin and Child, and Twelve Apostles on the other. The enameled gold frame appears to be Constantinopolitan work of the 17th century.",
    "provenance": "Alexandre Polovtsoff (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov), Paris [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "17th century (Early Modern)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.143",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Wood",
        "crosses (objects)",
        "enkolpia"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_61.143_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_61.143_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_61.143_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 12.1,
            "height": 6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 4 3/4 x W: 2 3/8 in. (12.1 x 6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Orthodox Eastern",
    "style": "Post-Byzantine",
    "dynasty": "Ottoman Dynasty",
    "med": "carved soft wood in enameled gold mounting",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6256"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BYZ"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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}