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    "localId": "26431",
    "label": "Pectoral Cross",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.153"
}

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    "id": "26431",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.153",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Pectoral Cross",
    "description": "This hollow cross is made of sheet gold, each arm with a rounded end, emphasized with three bosses and a pierced cross. The central medallion has a roped border, within which is a standing figure of Christ on one side, and a bust of Christ on the other, carried out in blue, red, and green cloisonné enamel. The surfaces are slightly crushed, and the lower arm is bent.",
    "provenance": "Leon Gruél, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "10th-11th century (Middle Byzantine)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.153",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Enamels",
        "pectorals",
        "crosses"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_44.153_Fnt_BW_C.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.6,
            "height": 3.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 3/16 x W: 1 7/16 in. (5.6 x 3.7 cm)"
}

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    "med": "gold, cloisonné enamel",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
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        "358",
        "2513",
        "2704"
    ]
}

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