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{
    "localId": "28020",
    "label": "Earring",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1546"
}

{
    "id": "28020",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1546",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Earring",
    "description": "The wire hoop has a beaded, tear-drop shield set with a conical garnet. The \"vase\" or \"lantern\" shaped pendant is made of two hollow hemispheres slipped over a cylindrical core and kept apart by nine struts of twisted wire. Granules dot the sheet gold and \"handles\" ornament the tube below the ring attachment.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "2nd-3rd century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1546",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "earrings (jewelry)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_57.1545-57.1546_Fnt_BW_C79.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_57.1545-57.1546_Fnt_BW_C79.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 5/16 in. (3.33 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Roman",
    "med": "gold, garnet",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6191"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ROM",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL7_57.1545+1546_Fnt_TR_T91II-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "bc0315624dcc5f84"
}