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    "localId": "22720",
    "label": "Plate with Eros",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2765"
}

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    "id": "22720",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2765",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Plate with Eros",
    "description": "Female heads and Eros figures are common features on the vases attributed to the Ascoli Satriano Painter. His real name is unknown, and he has been named after a northern Apulian town, where many of his vases have been found. Eros is depicted as a winged youth about to place a wreath as an offering on the \"cippus\" (pillar) in front of him.",
    "provenance": "Münzen und Medaillen A. G., Basel, Switzerland, 1983; Marilyn and Herbert Scher, Pikesville, Maryland, 1983, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2003, by gift.",
    "date": "ca. 340-320 BCE (Hellenistic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2765",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "plates (dishes)"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.1,
            "height": 24.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 x 9 5/8 in. (5.08 x 24.45 cm) (h. x diam.)"
}

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    "med": "terracotta; red figure",
    "creator_ids": [
        "15534"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2177"
    ]
}

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