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{
    "localId": "31212",
    "label": "Pendant from Necklace",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2042"
}

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    "id": "31212",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2042",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Pendant from Necklace",
    "description": "The griffin's head, cast in solid gold, must once have formed part of a necklace. A loop attached to the head between the horns lets the piece swing freely on a second gold loop attached to a tubular gold bead. The elegant stylization of the fierce beast is typically Achaemenid (the style of the ancient Persian Empire).",
    "provenance": "Collection of Arthur U. Pope [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; George Hewitt Myers [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Textile Museum, Washington D.C. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1977, by purchase.",
    "date": "5th-4th century BCE (Achaemenid)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2042",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "pendants"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_57.2042_Fnt_BW_H77.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_57.2042_Fnt_BW_H77.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1/4 in. (0.6 cm)"
}

{
    "style": "Achaemenid",
    "med": "cast gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6747"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ANE",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL2_57.2042_Fnt_BW_H77.jpg",
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