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{
    "localId": "36382",
    "label": "Casket with Scenes from the Life of Christ",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.271"
}

{
    "id": "36382",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.271",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Casket with Scenes from the Life of Christ",
    "description": "This casket consists of six ivory panels, five of which are carved in openwork with scenes of the life of Christ. Previously described as 15th-century English work, the object has been identified as an early 19th-century creation by the 'Master of the Bearded Men Forgeries\", based on the rough carving as well as iconographical and stylistic inconsistencies.",
    "provenance": "Purchased by Hollingworth Magniac, Colworth, Bedfordshire, before 1862; inherited by Charles Magniac, Colworth, 1867; Sale, Christies, London, July 2 1892, no. 259; purchased by E. de Valero, Paris; Sale, Paris, December 18 1893, no. 52; purchased by Marcus Antocolsky, Paris; Sale, Paris, June 10 1901, no. 68; purchased by Jacques Seligmann, Paris; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1910; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.",
    "date": "early 19th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.271",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "caskets (personal gear)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_71.271_Back_BW_H68.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_71.271_Back_BW_H68.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_71.271_Back_BW_H68.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 10.2,
            "height": 13.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 4 x W: 5 1/4 in. (10.2 x 13.4 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "ivory, metal mounts",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2903"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2064"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL7_71.271_Rt_BW_H68.jpg",
    "mediaId": "477672f0273624cb"
}