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{
    "localId": "33123",
    "label": "Turned Cylindrical Box with Molded Decoration",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.309"
}

{
    "id": "33123",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.309",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Turned Cylindrical Box with Molded Decoration",
    "description": "This ivory box is made with molded decorations, where both the body and lid are composed of elements turned on the lathe with raised ribbed moldings at top and bottom. The mounts are complete: lock, hasp, handle, hinges, and suspension rings. The four supports at the base not only tie the bottom and sides together but also serve as feet.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "12th century (Romanesque)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.309",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ivory & Bone",
        "boxes (containers)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_71.309_Fnt_BW_433.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_71.309_Fnt_BW_433.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_71.309_Fnt_BW_433.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 15.5,
            "height": 12.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 6 1/8 x W: 4 15/16 in. (15.5 x 12.5 cm)"
}

{
    "style": "Siculo-Arabic",
    "med": "ivory",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6271"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MED",
        "ISL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL7_71.309_Fnt_BW_433.jpg",
    "mediaId": "11dc69550287eac7"
}