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    "localId": "26264",
    "label": "Scarab or Scaraboid Intaglio with a Griffin Set in a Swivel Ring",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.124"
}

{
    "id": "26264",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.124",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Scarab or Scaraboid Intaglio with a Griffin Set in a Swivel Ring",
    "description": "Gem engraving was a major art form in ancient Greece and Rome. Precious stones were thought to have healing and protective powers and were used as amulets and seals as well as jewelry. Engraved or incised gems, known as intaglios, were often decorated with winged creatures, such as the sphinx and the griffin. This scarab or scaraboid intaglio bears an image of a crouching griffin in profile to the right on the underside.",
    "provenance": "Alfred Morrison, London, by 1898 [mode of acquisition unknown]; A. Morrison Sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, June 29, 1898, lot 48; Charles Newton-Robinson, London, by 1904, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Charles Newton-Robinson sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 22 June 1909, lot 7; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, 1909, by purchase [Smith as agent]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "5th century BCE (Late Archaic-Classical)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.124",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "intaglios (sculptural objects)",
        "scarabs"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.124_Fnt_BW_H60.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.124_Fnt_BW_H60.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "W: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Greek",
    "RelatedObjects": 3271,
    "med": "carnelian; mount: gold",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
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        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
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        "2177",
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        "2704",
        "2121",
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    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL2_42.124_Fnt_BW_H60.jpg",
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