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    "localId": "32806",
    "label": "Ring with Celestial Motif",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1763"
}

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    "id": "32806",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1763",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Ring with Celestial Motif",
    "description": "This splendid ring is a variation on the popular celestial theme of late 18th- and early 19th-century rings. Its bezel consists of individual diamonds mounted at evenly spaced intervals against a blue enamel background creating an allusion to the stars in the night sky. Rings in this syle were commonly called \"bagues au firmament\" (Rings of the Heavens). This ring exemplifies a popular bezel shape of the period: the oval, or \"marquises.\" Close-set diamond sparks along the borders outline the central design to create a dazzling effect.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown] (?); Laura F. Delano, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1946, by gift.",
    "date": "late 18th-early 19th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1763",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "finger rings"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_57.1763_Fnt_BW_T84.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_57.1763_Fnt_BW_T84.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "gold, enamel, diamonds",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6229"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2704",
        "2513",
        "2227",
        "2054",
        "1954"
    ]
}

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