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    "localId": "22450",
    "label": "Triptych Leaf with Three Saints and Cross on the Back",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.161"
}

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    "id": "22450",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.161",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Triptych Leaf with Three Saints and Cross on the Back",
    "description": "Originally a wing of a triptych, this piece would have been mirrored by 71.162.  The wings were made to overlap when closed.  This panel depicts three saints: a biship saint at the top, identifiable by the crosses on his maphorion, and two unidentified deacon saints below.  The back of the panel is carved with a cross. The style of this wing and its pair is related to the Triptych Group and there are holes on each wing for attachment to the central panel.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "late 10th century (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.161",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ivory & Bone",
        "triptychs",
        "icons",
        "leaves (object components)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_71.161_Fnt_BW_674.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_71.161_Fnt_BW_674.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 8,
            "height": 3.6,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 1/8 x W: 1 7/16 x D: 3/16 in. (8 x 3.6 x 0.4 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Byzantine",
    "dynasty": "Macedonian Dynasty",
    "med": "ivory",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6640"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BYZ"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "358",
        "246",
        "2752"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL7_71.161_Fnt_BW_674.jpg",
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