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    "localId": "96302",
    "label": "Fragment of a Mold for Arretine Bowl",
    "core": "obj",
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    "id": "96302",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Fragment of a Mold for Arretine Bowl",
    "description": "Showing a young man and woman reclining, probably at a symposium, this fragment comes from a mold that would have been used to produce relief-decorated terracotta bowls. For less affluent consumers, such products may have served as affordable alternatives to costlier versions made with precious metal.",
    "date": "27 BCE–14 CE",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.2010",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q79479153"
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    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramic"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.2010/1916.2010_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 5.2 cm (2 1/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Italy, Roman"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.201"
}

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    "tec": "terracotta",
    "tombstone": "Fragment of a Mold for Arretine Bowl, 27 BCE–14 CE. Italy, Roman. Terracotta; overall: 5.2 cm (2 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1916.2010",
    "collection": "GR - Roman",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "Signed M. Perenn Tigiani"
        }
    ],
    "formerAccessionNumbers": [
        "219.1916"
    ],
    "didYouKnow": "Arretine ware takes its name from Arretium (modern Arezzo, Italy), a major production site.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Beazley Archive. n.d. <em>Beazley Archive Pottery Database</em>. Oxford: Beazley Archive.",
            "page_number": "BAPD 1001481",
            "url": "http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/8D4B0286-3F17-4019-8731-060374D96DAD"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Boulter, C. G, Jenifer Neils, and Gisela Walberg. <em>Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, [united States of America], The Cleveland Museum of Art. Fasc. 15.</em> Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press, 1971.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: P. 31, Pl. 48, 5; Reproduced: Pl. 48, 5"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.2010",
    "creditline": "Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:11:15.403000",
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    "sourceId": 96302,
    "dept": "Greek and Roman Art",
    "coll": "GR - Roman",
    "med": "terracotta",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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