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{
    "localId": "7886",
    "label": "Lekythos with Sphinx on a Pedestal",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.238"
}

{
    "id": "7886",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.238",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Lekythos with Sphinx on a Pedestal",
    "description": "The scene on this black-figure lekythos (a container for oil) depicts an assemblage of four Theban men before the sphinx, pondering her riddle. The Sphinx sits on a column, while two of the men facing her sit on folding stools and two stand upright.",
    "provenance": "Joseph Brummer, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 500 BCE (Archaic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.238",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "lekythoi",
        "vases"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_48.238_Lft_DD_T08.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_48.238_Lft_DD_T08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_48.238_Lft_DD_T08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 25.8,
            "height": 8.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 10 3/16 x Diam: 3 5/16 in. (25.8 x 8.4 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Greek",
    "style": "Attic",
    "med": "terracotta; black figure",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6976"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "GRC"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2089"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_48.238_RtDet_DD_T08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "30a64707d81c0099"
}