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{
    "localId": "29094",
    "label": "Ring Brooch",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2342"
}

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    "id": "29094",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2342",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Ring Brooch",
    "description": "This pin has decorative interlace panels and tri-lobed knots cast on its annular (circular) ring. Tri-lobed knots are often found in Irish illuminated manuscripts of the period where they are a symbol of the Trinity.  Amber or glass paste studs once filled the now-empty circular hollows. This pin was found at Ballinderry Crannog, once the fortified lake dwelling of a local Irish king.",
    "provenance": "Robert Day, Cork [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Robert Day Sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, May 19-22, 1913, no. 384; William Randolph Hearst; Joseph Brummer, Paris; Joseph Brummer Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, May 11-14, 1949, no. 277; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.",
    "date": "9th century (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2342",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "brooches"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.2342_Det_DD_T07.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.2342_Det_DD_T07.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 9.8,
            "height": 2.7,
            "depth": 0.8
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 7/8 x 1 1/16 x 5/16 in. (9.8 x 2.7 x 0.8 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Celtic",
    "med": "bronze, formerly set with stones or glass",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2571"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MED",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "270",
        "358",
        "2513"
    ]
}

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