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    "localId": "21254",
    "label": "Vishnu on Garuda",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2722"
}

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    "id": "21254",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2722",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Vishnu on Garuda",
    "description": "The Hindu god Vishnu, who represents the forces of stability, flies through the air standing on the bird Garuda.",
    "provenance": "Thailand; Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, 1948 or earlier [presented to the Breezewood Foundation, 1960, inv. no. 457]; Walters Art Museum, 1992, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. late 11th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2722",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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        "sculpture (visual works)"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/ARG_54.2722_Fnt_UK.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 17.5,
            "height": 8.1,
            "depth": 2.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H from block: 6 7/8 × W: 3 3/16 × D: 1 1/8 in. (17.5 × 8.1 × 2.9 cm); H with tang: 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Thai?",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "bronze",
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    ],
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    ],
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    ]
}

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