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{
    "localId": "20751",
    "label": "Intaglio with Eros on a Swan Set in a Ring",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.856"
}

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    "id": "20751",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.856",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Intaglio with Eros on a Swan Set in a Ring",
    "description": "This intaglio shows the god Eros riding on a swan in profile to the left. The hoop of the ring is slightly rounded on the outside and flat inside. The shoulders are square and very slightly flared. The oval bezel bears a pattern of chevrons, lines, and dots engraved on it.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Mrs. Henry Walters Sale, Joseph Brummer, New York, 1942; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase.",
    "date": "4th-3rd century BC",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.856",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "gems",
        "fingerrings"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.856_Fnt_BW_C79.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.856_Fnt_BW_C79.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.856_Fnt_BW_C79.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 1.9,
            "height": 1.8
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "L of bezel: 3/4 x Inner Diam: 11/16 in. (1.91 x 1.75 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "gold, mottled agate",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6256"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "GRC",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2237",
        "2513"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL2_42.856_Fnt_BW_T88.jpg",
    "mediaId": "1b4ffb7852e7149f"
}