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    "localId": "22392",
    "label": "Statuette of a Boxer",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1006"
}

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    "id": "22392",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1006",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Statuette of a Boxer",
    "description": "This exquisitely modeled boxer demonstrates the sculptor's ability to realistically render the athletic physique. The figure also reveals the level of excellence Hellenistic artists achieved in small-scale sculpture. The athlete's hands are wrapped with leather thongs, the Greek equivalent of boxing gloves, and he holds a sponge. Lamps that burned olive oil would have been suspended from chains at each corner of the base. Boxing was a popular and violent contest in which almost any blow was permitted, including eye-gouging.",
    "provenance": "Joseph Brummer, New York and Paris, 1924, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. N665]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1st century BC (Hellenistic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1006",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "figurines"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.1006_FntA_DD_T06.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 27.5,
            "height": 10,
            "depth": 9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "10 13/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 9/16 in. (27.5 x 10 x 9 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Greek",
    "med": "solid cast bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2189",
        "2237",
        "2914"
    ]
}

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