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    "localId": "9627",
    "label": "Kantharos (Drinking Vessel) with Female Head",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2764"
}

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    "id": "9627",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2764",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kantharos (Drinking Vessel) with Female Head",
    "description": "Vase painters in Apulia developed two major styles: the Plain style characterized by simple decoration and few figures, and the Ornate style, which featured multi-figure colorful scenes, lavish ornaments, and intricate floral compositions. A large female head is a typical decoration for drinking vessels like this one, small-scale vases, cups, and plates created in the Plain style.",
    "provenance": "Horia Puscasiu; Marilyn and Herber Scher, Pikesville, 1984, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2003, by gift.",
    "date": "320-310 BCE (Hellenistic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2764",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "kantharoi"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "8 1/8 in. (20.64 cm); 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm) (max. w.)"
}

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    "med": "terracotta, wheel made; red figure",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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