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{
    "localId": "4607",
    "label": "Mirror with Female Figure and Engraved Scene",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.105"
}

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    "id": "4607",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.105",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Mirror with Female Figure and Engraved Scene",
    "description": "The handle of this mirror is cast as a female figure with bracelets, armband, and necklace. She holds an object in her right hand, her arm is bent, and her outstretched wings curve around the mirror. There is an engraved scene on the reverse of the mirror, depicting a warrior and a woman standing before a building, with a man and woman at the sides.The authenticity of this piece has been questioned.",
    "provenance": "Don Marcello Massarenti Collection (?), Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "Mirror: late fourth-early 3rd century BCE; Handle: first half 3rd century BCE (Hellenistic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.105",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "mirrors"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_54.105_Rev_BW_T92.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_54.105_Rev_BW_T92.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 34.4,
            "height": 18.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 13 9/16 x Diam: 7 5/16 in. (34.4 x 18.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Etruscan or Italian",
    "med": "bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6291"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ROM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "mediaId": "733e783d5a2b93e2"
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