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{
    "localId": "9483",
    "label": "Naga-Protected Buddha",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2730"
}

{
    "id": "9483",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2730",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Naga-Protected Buddha",
    "description": "This bronze Buddha holds an object in his hands, a container or a gem- possibly but not certainly an attribute of the healing Buddha, Bhaisajyaguru.",
    "provenance": "Private collection, Thonburi, prior to April 13, 1951; Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, April 13, 1951 [presented to the Breezewood Foundation, December 1960, inv. no. 481]; Walters Art Museum, 1992, by bequest.",
    "date": "2nd half 12th century (Khmer)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2730",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "sculpture (visual works)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/ARG_54.2730_Fnt_UK.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/ARG_54.2730_Fnt_UK.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/ARG_54.2730_Fnt_UK.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 20.3,
            "height": 8.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "at knees: 8 x 3 3/8 in. (20.3 x 8.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Thai?",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "leaded bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2147",
        "2501"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "SEA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "945"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/ARG_54.2730_Fnt_UK.jpg",
    "mediaId": "cbaaa28165b36984"
}