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    "localId": "11292",
    "label": "Lid of Cosmetic Box in the Form of a Papyrus Capital",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.476"
}

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    "id": "11292",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.476",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Lid of Cosmetic Box in the Form of a Papyrus Capital",
    "description": "A lid for a pyxis, or box, is decorated with two smooth lotus petals that end in tight spirals, like those on as Ionic column, and a central papyrus plant. The lower half of the pyxis (missing) would have contained compartments for cosmetics. To open, the lid turned on a swivel pin of wood or ivory.",
    "provenance": "Reverend Wiliam MacGregor Collection Sale, Sotheby's, London, 1922; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, 1922, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "330-304 BCE (Ptolemaic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.476",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "pyxides"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 8.5,
            "height": 10.2,
            "depth": 1.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 3/8 x 4 x 9/16 in. (8.5 x 10.2 x 1.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "Ptolemaic Dynasty",
    "med": "Egyptian faience",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY",
        "GRC"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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