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{
    "localId": "2449",
    "label": "Standing Buddha",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2798"
}

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    "id": "2449",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2798",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Standing Buddha",
    "description": "This image was made by a sculptor following a lingering Cambodian tradition. It may originally been placed in a temple flanking a principal image. The raised right hand, in Indian images of the Buddha, signifies \"protection from fear\"; in Thailand, it has forbidding or commanding connotations.",
    "provenance": "Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, Maryland, 1948 or before [1]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1992.[1] Presented to the Breezewood Foundation, December 1964, inv. no. 734",
    "date": "14th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2798",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "sculpture (visual works)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.2798_Fnt_BW_T94.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.2798_Fnt_BW_T94.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.2798_Fnt_BW_T94.jpg",
    "imageCount": 7,
    "pageCount": 7,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 50.3,
            "height": 18.2,
            "depth": 11.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 19 13/16 × W: 7 3/16 × D: 4 3/8 in. (50.3 × 18.2 × 11.1 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Thai",
    "med": "leaded bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2501"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "SEA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "945"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_54.2798_3QtrLft_DD_T17-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "ea3b90c8dee314ec"
}