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{
    "localId": "27879",
    "label": "Plaque with Dionysos",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.1099"
}

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    "id": "27879",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.1099",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Plaque with Dionysos",
    "description": "A finely finished nude figure of Dionysos, the Greek god of wine, holds a cornucopia (horn of plenty) and a bunch of grapes. He stands between two spiral columns. The plaque was originally squared. It is broken at the left and top, and chipped along the right edge.",
    "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, Joseph Brummer Gallery, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Gutman [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by gift.",
    "date": "3rd-4th century (Early Byzantine)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.1099",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ivory & Bone",
        "plaques (flat objects)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_71.1099_Fnt_TR.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_71.1099_Fnt_TR.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_71.1099_Fnt_TR.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 10.6,
            "height": 5.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 4 3/16 x W: 2 1/16 in. (10.6 x 5.3 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Late Antique",
    "style": "Hellenistic",
    "med": "bone",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MED",
        "ROM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "358",
        "246",
        "2752"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_ 71.1099_Fnt_DD_T13.jpg",
    "mediaId": "5a39c26c2f4fe305"
}