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    "localId": "34963",
    "label": "Game Piece with Enthroned Figure",
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    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Game Piece with Enthroned Figure",
    "description": "On this richly carved game piece, two soldiers present a sheep to an enthroned figure. The dark stone inlay used for the figures' eyes and the deep, fine carving indicate costly workmanship. The border is partially restored.",
    "provenance": "Sigismund Bardac, Paris. Julius Boehler, Munich. Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.",
    "date": "mid 12th century (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.141",
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    "language": "en",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.5,
            "height": 1.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diam: 2 1/8 x D: 5/8 in. (5.45 x 1.55 cm)"
}

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    "style": "Romanesque",
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