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    "localId": "90378",
    "label": "Ormolu Clock in the Form of an Egyptian Pylon",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/2012.21.2"
}

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    "id": "90378",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/2012.21.2",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Ormolu Clock in the Form of an Egyptian Pylon",
    "description": "French mantle clock with enamel on copper dial and cast case. The case is in the form of an Egyptian pylon and is decorated with fanciful hieroglyphics and symbols, including an Apis bull head.",
    "provenance": "Dr. James R. Duke, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2012, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1810-1820",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/2012.21.2",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "clocks"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 34.9,
            "height": 20.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 13 3/4 x W: 8 in. (34.93 x 20.32 cm)"
}

{
    "style": "Egyptian revival",
    "med": "ormolu, enamel on copper",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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