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    "localId": "3085",
    "label": "\"\"Alabastron\"\" with Silver Case",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.932"
}

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    "id": "3085",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.932",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "\"\"Alabastron\"\" with Silver Case",
    "description": "In the early Roman period, glass was a precious material ranked alongside gold, silver, and gems. It was often combined with precious metals for a luxurious effect. To create this \"alabastron,\" a vessel for perfumed ointments, glass was blown into a silver case decorated with a head of Pan or a river god on either side.",
    "provenance": "[Found in Macedonia]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1st century CE or modern (Roman Imperial or modern)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.932",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "alabastra"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.932_SideA_DD_T11.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.932_SideA_DD_T11.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 9.2,
            "height": 3.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 5/8 × Diam: 1 1/4 in. (9.2 × 3.2 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Roman or modern",
    "med": "repoussé and incised silver with gilt, glass",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6191"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ROM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_57.932_SideA_DD_T11.jpg",
    "mediaId": "a5de6fc6f71b6f9d"
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