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{
    "localId": "24511",
    "label": "Head of the Buddha",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2652"
}

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    "id": "24511",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2652",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Head of the Buddha",
    "description": "This piece suggests that Sihing-type images began to be produced in Sukhothai and Chiang Mai workshops at the same time.  The connections go further than this, however; it can be proposed that this head was cast in Chiang Mai by a Sukhothai-trained craftsman.There are several Lan Na detached heads, similar in style, that were originally joined to the body at the neck, with corresponding notches on each edge.",
    "provenance": "[Found at Chiengmai]; Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, before 1955;  The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, 1955, by gift;  Walters Art Museum, 1989, by transfer of gift.",
    "date": "2nd half 15th century (Lan Na)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2652",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "sculpture (visual works)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_54.2652_Fnt_TR_T95III.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_54.2652_Fnt_TR_T95III.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_54.2652_Fnt_TR_T95III.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 33.5,
            "height": 19.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "13 3/16 x 7 13/16 in. (33.5 x 19.9 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Thai",
    "style": "Sukhothai",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "leaded bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2501"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "SEA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "945"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL1_54.2652_Fnt_TR_T95III.jpg",
    "mediaId": "fd6c5d6479234ac3"
}