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{
    "localId": "29181",
    "label": "Man Riding Two Horses",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.410"
}

{
    "id": "29181",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.410",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Man Riding Two Horses",
    "description": "This small object shows a man riding on the backs of two horses--in profile, on either side, he appears to ride one horse. But from the front, back, or above, the two heads and two tails of the horses are differentiated. The man's long hair, beard, and the hair and trappings of the horses are purple or brown, while the rest of the piece is light green.",
    "provenance": "Rev. William MacGregor, Tamworth, Staffordshire, by 1922; Sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, June 26-29 and July 4-6, 1922, no. 801; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, 1922, by purchase;  Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "early 11th-mid 4th century BCE (Third Intermediate Period-Late Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.410",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "figurines"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.410_Rt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.410_Rt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.410_Rt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 7,
    "pageCount": 7,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7,
            "height": 1.3,
            "depth": 5.8
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 3/4 x W: 1/2 x D: 2 5/16 in. (7.02 x 1.3 x 5.81 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "med": "Egyptian faience",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3930",
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 6,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_48.410_BackTop_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "f2eadef99b410022"
}