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{
    "localId": "27755",
    "label": "Boat-Shaped Earring with Sphinx",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1733A"
}

{
    "id": "27755",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1733A",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Boat-Shaped Earring with Sphinx",
    "description": "This earring was discussed by Berta Segall who saw a combination of Greek, Phoenician, and Egyptian motifs that suggest a date slightly before 320 BC, and a workshop possibly in Alexandria. The fully modeled sphinx and the elaborate and different decoration of each side of the earring make this an unusual and rare ornament.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Mrs. Henry Walters Sale, New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, December 2, 1943, lot 524; Walters Art Museum, 1943, by purchase.",
    "date": "ca. 350-325 BC (Late Classical)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1733A",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "earrings (jewelry)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_57.1733A_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_57.1733A_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_57.1733A_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 3,
            "height": 2.2,
            "depth": 1.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "1 3/16 x 7/8 x 9/16 in. (3 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Greek",
    "med": "gold, traces of blue enamel",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6256"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "GRC",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513",
        "2237"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/RS423089_PS4_57.1733A_DD_AT19_3579_4-hpr.jpg",
    "mediaId": "a8da6e525fa98d94"
}