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    "localId": "20281",
    "label": "Dragons",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.606"
}

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    "id": "20281",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.606",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Dragons",
    "description": "Two winged dragons with curling tails decorate this border ornament from a reliquary shrine.  The symmetrical design and shades of blue, green, and yellow are typical of Mosan enamel of this period, as is the beaded edge of the border.",
    "provenance": "Paul Beumer, Düsseldorf, by purchase;  Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase;  Sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, April 23, 1949, no. 701;  Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.",
    "date": "mid 12th century (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.606",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Enamels",
        "plaques"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2.9,
            "height": 8.6,
            "depth": 0.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "1 1/8 x 3 3/8 x 1/8 in. (2.9 x 8.6 x 0.3 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Mosan",
    "style": "Romanesque",
    "med": "champlevé enamel on gilded copper",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MED"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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