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    "localId": "25365",
    "label": "Tsuba with Phoenix and Paulownia",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1224.2"
}

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    "id": "25365",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1224.2",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Phoenix and Paulownia",
    "description": "Along the top edge of tsuba is a mythical hô-ô bird, which is similar to the phoenix. Below it along the bottom edge are paulownia flowers and leaves. Hô-ô and paulownia are both auspicious. This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "19th century (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1224.2",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1224.2_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 誠意; [Translation] Seii (kao)",
    "med": "silver, gold, shakudo, copper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "7160"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "mediaId": "a6fe5521ff85c596"
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