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{
    "localId": "9252",
    "label": "Appliqué: Head of a Lion",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.494"
}

{
    "id": "9252",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.494",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Appliqué: Head of a Lion",
    "description": "This plaque was used as an attachment for a piece of furniture or a box. The head of the lion is carefully molded, and the structure of the mane incised. Lions were connected to the king, and were also a manifestation of the horizon.",
    "provenance": "William MacGregor, Tamworth, Staffordshire; Sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, June 26-29 and July 4-6, 1922, no. 324; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, 1922, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 380-342 BCE (Late Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.494",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "figurines",
        "plaques"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_48.494_Fnt_DD_T08.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_48.494_Fnt_DD_T08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_48.494_Fnt_DD_T08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 4.7,
            "height": 4.2,
            "depth": 2.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "1 13/16 x 1 11/16 x 7/8 in. (4.7 x 4.2 x 2.2 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "30th Dynasty",
    "med": "faience with light blue glaze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_48.494_Fnt_DD_T08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "870ceb76627fc945"
}