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    "localId": "1378",
    "label": "Tsuba with a Tiger on a Cliff",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.146"
}

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    "id": "1378",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.146",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with a Tiger on a Cliff",
    "description": "On the right side of this tsuba, a tiger is perched on a cliff. While tigers are not native to Japan, they have long been known through Chinese painting. The tiger is often a symbol of strength. The reverse of this tsuba shows two pine trees under a gibbous moon.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1813-1896 (late Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.146",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.146_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.146_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 8.4,
            "height": 7.9,
            "depth": 0.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 5/16 x 3 1/8 x 3/16 in. (8.35 x 7.88 x 0.45 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Otsuki School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 一行斎　篤興; [Translation] Ikkôsai Tokuoki",
    "med": "iron, shibuichi, gold, silver, shakudo",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6330"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.146_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
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}