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{
    "localId": "19033",
    "label": "Fuchi with Autumn Flowers",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1193.2a"
}

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    "id": "19033",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1193.2a",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Fuchi with Autumn Flowers",
    "description": "The gold fuchi is decorated with chrysanthemums and fringed pink flowers. The first character of the artist's name is engraved beneath where the kozuka sits on the sword. The second character is on the accompanying koi-guchi kanagu on the hilt. This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1839-1896 (Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1193.2a",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "fuchi",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1193.2a_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1193.2a_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 3.9,
            "height": 2.2,
            "depth": 0.8
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 9/16 x W: 7/8 x D: 5/16 in. (3.9 x 2.2 x 0.8 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 盛; [Translation] Mori",
    "med": "gold, silver, copper alloy, shakudo",
    "creator_ids": [
        "5761"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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