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    "localId": "20359",
    "label": "Sirens",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.193"
}

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    "id": "20359",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.193",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Sirens",
    "description": "A confronted pair of winged figures, male and female, blow curved horns. The male holds grapes and his partner, a flower. The body of each ends in a foliate scroll with a convoluted end. The black background is strewn with minute sprays and tendrils in gilding. Signed on the lower left: F.L. The plaque may be dated to the last decade of the 16th century.",
    "provenance": "Raoul Heilbronner, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1910, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "late 16th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.193",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 8.9,
            "height": 13.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 1/2 x W: 5 3/8 in. (8.9 x 13.7 cm)"
}

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    "med": "painted enamel on copper",
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    ],
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}

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