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{
    "localId": "7537",
    "label": "Mirror with a Lasa (Winged Mythological Maiden) and Hercules",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.92"
}

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    "id": "7537",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.92",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Mirror with a Lasa (Winged Mythological Maiden) and Hercules",
    "description": "In ancient times, mirrors were made of bronze containing a relatively large amount of tin. This produced a bronze which could be polished to a highly reflective surface. Over time this surface has corroded, meaning the metals have converted to a mineral form, resulting in a mottled dark green patina. This type of patina forms over long periods of time during burial.",
    "provenance": "Madame E. Warneck Collection Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 1905, lot  264. Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "late 4th century BCE (Hellenistic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.92",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "mirrors"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_54.92_Obv_BW_T92.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_54.92_Obv_BW_T92.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 30.4,
            "height": 15.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 11 15/16 x W: 6 3/16 in. (30.4 x 15.7 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Etruscan",
    "med": "engraved bronze (lost-wax cast)",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ROM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "34"
    ]
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS4_54.92_Rev_DD_AT23_45331-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "65ff46d3f3350336"
}