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{
    "localId": "11246",
    "label": "Tsuba with Two Figures with a Chinese Lion-Dog",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.349"
}

{
    "id": "11246",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.349",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Two Figures with a Chinese Lion-Dog",
    "description": "The openwork design on this tsuba features two figures standing at the right. The one in the rear carries a quiver of arrows and a bow. He is blowing a long horn. The figure in front holds a Chinese style lion-dog (\"shishi\") on a leash. This animal did not exist, but is derived from Chinese and Japanese interpretations of stories and paintings of lions in India.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1765 (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.349",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.349_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.349_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.349_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7,
            "height": 6.9,
            "depth": 0.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 3/4 x 2 11/16 x 3/16 in. (7 x 6.88 x 0.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 銕元堂; [Translation] Tetsugendô; [Seal] 壽; [Translation] Kotobuki",
    "med": "iron, gold, copper, shakudo",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4695"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.349_MrkA_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "d462348096427a06"
}