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{
    "localId": "19363",
    "label": "Allegorical Group of Triumphant Ptolemy",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1050"
}

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    "id": "19363",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1050",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Allegorical Group of Triumphant Ptolemy",
    "description": "Although the group seems to represent two wrestlers, the victor's diadem (headband) identifies him as a Ptolemaic king whose victim probably symbolizes unsuccessful Asian or native Egyptian resistance. The image of the triumphant king is inspired by a traditional Egyptian theme, but the naturalistic rendering of the bodies shows Greek influence. The interlocking figures and the pyramidal silhouette are distinctly Hellenistic.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Kharbia, Lower Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "early 2nd century BCE (?) (Ptolemaic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1050",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "statuary groups"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.1050_3Qtr_DD_T06.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.1050_3Qtr_DD_T06.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 19.5,
            "height": 8.9,
            "depth": 12.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 7 11/16 x W: 3 1/2 x D: 4 3/4 in. (19.5 x 8.9 x 12.1 cm). 4.49 lbs (2.036 kg)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "med": "solid cast bronze, silver and gold inlay",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
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        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
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        "2536",
        "2644",
        "2237",
        "3294"
    ]
}

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