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    "localId": "11206",
    "label": "Box for Writing Tools (Suzuribako)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.162"
}

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    "id": "11206",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.162",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Box for Writing Tools (Suzuribako)",
    "description": "This box served as a place to store ink, brushes, ink stones, and water droppers. The box’s cover depicts a nighttime scene at a bustling shop, with an array of people, including samurai, a woman and her attendant, and a monk holding a fan.",
    "provenance": "Heber R. Bishop Sale, January 22, 1906, American Art Galleries, New York, lot 1286; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1906, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "late 19th century (Meiji period (1868-1912))",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.162",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Lacquer & Inlay",
        "writing instruments",
        "suzuri bako",
        "boxes"
    ],
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    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2.3,
            "height": 17.3,
            "depth": 19.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 7/8 × W: 6 13/16 × D: 7 1/2 in. (2.3 × 17.3 × 19.1 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Japanese",
    "dynasty": "Meiji period (1868-1912)",
    "med": "Wood, lacquer, gold, silver, mother-of-pearl, pigment",
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    ],
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        "JPK"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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