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{
    "localId": "14249",
    "label": "Tsuba with Autumn Grasses and Insects",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.382"
}

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    "id": "14249",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.382",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Autumn Grasses and Insects",
    "description": "This tsuba is dominated by pampas grass, a traditional indication of autumn. At the lower right and the bottom are chrysanthemum flowers. A moth is at the upper right. A similar scene of pampas is depicted on the reverse with chrysanthemums at the bottom.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "late 18th century (mid Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.382",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsuba",
        "sword components"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.382_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.382_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.382_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.8,
            "height": 5.8,
            "depth": 0.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 11/16 × W: 2 5/16 × D: 3/8 in. (6.8 × 5.8 × 0.9 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 岩本昆寛; [Translation] Iwamoto Konkan",
    "med": "silver alloy, gold alloy, gilded copper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "5392"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.382_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "ec67b0d0f4247491"
}