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{
    "localId": "39547",
    "label": "Mirror Support in the Form of Bes",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1537"
}

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    "id": "39547",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1537",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Mirror Support in the Form of Bes",
    "description": "Bes is shown open mouthed and standing on a round base. Bes has a beard of long, curled locks and wears a leopard's skin over the shoulders. The pierced prong for attachment to a mirror disc is preserved above the flat headdress.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Upper Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "early 7th-late 6th century BCE (Late Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1537",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "mirrors",
        "supports",
        "figurines"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_48.1537_Fnt_TR_T83III.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_48.1537_Fnt_TR_T83III.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_48.1537_Fnt_TR_T83III.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 14.2,
            "height": 5.9,
            "depth": 3.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "5 9/16 x 2 5/16 x 1 1/2 in. (14.2 x 5.9 x 3.9 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "30th-Ptolemaic Dynasty",
    "med": "Egyptian faience",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2200"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL7_48.1537_NF_3845-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "1d7f4a3507a42430"
}