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{
    "localId": "36398",
    "label": "Tile with Human Figures",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2867"
}

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    "id": "36398",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2867",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tile with Human Figures",
    "description": "This is a floor tile from a Buddhist monastery. Joined with other tiles, it made an enclosing circle. The male figure is a guardian. The graceful woman in the see-through dress holding a vase is most likely a river goddess, suggesting prosperity.",
    "provenance": "William Wolff Gallery, New York, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, April 1974, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by gift.",
    "date": "4th-5th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2867",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "tiles"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_f.352_Fnt_TR_T00III-tms.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_f.352_Fnt_TR_T00III-tms.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_f.352_Fnt_TR_T00III-tms.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 47.6,
            "height": 36.8,
            "depth": 6.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 18 3/4 x W: 14 1/2 x D: 2 1/2 in. (47.6 x 36.8 x 6.4 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "terracotta",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2191"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "INT"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1996",
        "2071"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL7_f.352_Fnt_TR_T00III-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "d3680d22cda23d84"
}