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{
    "localId": "33564",
    "label": "Jug with Composite Handle",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/47.411"
}

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    "id": "33564",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/47.411",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Jug with Composite Handle",
    "description": "This type of jug was used to hold wine or water at the dinner table.  Made of free-blown glass, this example is composed of a green-toned, slightly iridescent glass and is decorated with a thread around the neck and another around the mouth, made by trailing molten glass around the vessel when it was still hot.",
    "provenance": "Judge and Mrs. Herbert M. Moser, Baltimore; Walters Art Museum, 1956, by gift.",
    "date": "4th-5th century (Late Antique)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/47.411",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Glasswares",
        "jugs"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_47.411_Rt_DD_T11.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_47.411_Rt_DD_T11.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_47.411_Rt_DD_T11.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 18.2,
            "height": 7.8,
            "depth": 7.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 7 3/16 × W with handle: 3 1/16 × D: 2 13/16 in. (18.2 × 7.8 × 7.2 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Roman",
    "med": "blown glass",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6191"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ROM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "454"
    ]
}

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