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    "localId": "521",
    "label": "Eucharistic Dove",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.77"
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    "id": "521",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.77",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Eucharistic Dove",
    "description": "Used for storing communion wafers, doves such as this were suspended above the altar to signify the presence of the Holy Spirit at the Mass. On this fine, colorful example, the sparkling glass eyes and shimmering enamels on the wings and tail highlight the richness of the material of the liturgical vessel. The wafers were stored in a cavity under a hinged lid on the bird's back.",
    "provenance": "Emmanuel Chalandon, Lyon, 1877; Georges Chalandon, Paris, 1905, by inheritence; Jacques Seligmann, Paris [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Arnold Seligmann, New York [date of acquisition unknown], by transfer; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "early 13th century (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.77",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Enamels",
        "pyxes"
    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 17.8,
            "height": 23.7,
            "depth": 17.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 7 x W: 9 5/16 x D: 6 7/8 in. (17.8 x 23.7 x 17.5 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Romanesque",
    "style": "Romanesque",
    "med": "gilded copper, champlevé enamel, glass",
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1957",
        "2527",
        "246",
        "2752"
    ]
}

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