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{
    "localId": "31572",
    "label": "Ring with the Head of Athena",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1027"
}

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    "id": "31572",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1027",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Ring with the Head of Athena",
    "description": "This gold ring depicts the Greek goddess of wisdom and war, Athena, in a lively manner-- with flowing hair, a large triple-crested helmet, and the characteristic aegis (shield or breastplate) around her neck.",
    "provenance": "Robinson Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Wyndham F. Cook, London, by 1905, [mode of acquisition unknown] [Cook Catalogue, Vol. II, no. 1, pl. 1I]; Humphrey W. Cook, London, 1905, by inheritance;  Sale, London, Christie's, July 14, 1925, lot 13;  Dikran Kelekian (?), New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "3rd century BC (Hellenistic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1027",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "finger rings"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.1027_Fnt_TR_T05II.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "bezel: 15/16 in. (2.38 cm) (l.);1 in. (2.54 cm) (d.)"
}

{
    "cul": "Greek",
    "med": "gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6256"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "GRC",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1954",
        "2227",
        "2513",
        "2237"
    ]
}

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