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{
    "localId": "29497",
    "label": "Earring with Lion-Griffin Head",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1732"
}

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    "id": "29497",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1732",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Earring with Lion-Griffin Head",
    "description": "The lion-griffin head is worked in repoussé in two halves, left and right and chased; ears, teeth and crest were separately made and applied. Two holes remain where the griffin horns once were.Probably contemporary with the lion head hoop (Walters 57.1665), the lion-griffin head hoop introduces an Achaemenid motif into the Hellenistic repertory. This type is less widespread than the lion head hoop.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, New York [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, December 2, 1943, lot 524; Walters Art Museum, 1943, by purchase.",
    "date": "4th-3rd century BC (Late Classical-Hellenistic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1732",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "earrings (jewelry)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_57.1732_Fnt_BW_T88.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_57.1732_Fnt_BW_T88.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2.8,
            "height": 2.3,
            "depth": 1.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 1/16 x W: 7/8 x D: 1/2 in. (2.8 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Greek",
    "med": "gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6256"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "GRC",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513",
        "2237"
    ]
}

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