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    "localId": "28413",
    "label": "Tsuba with a Tiger and a Dragon",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.199"
}

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    "id": "28413",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.199",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with a Tiger and a Dragon",
    "description": "A tiger crouches at the right side of this tsuba. Across the top is a dragon. The reverse shows the dragon's tail and a waterfall. Pairings of dragons and tigers show the power of the elements (the dragon) over even strong animals (the tiger).",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "18th century (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.199",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.3,
            "height": 5.7,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 1/2 x 2 1/4 x 1/8 in. (6.3 x 5.74 x 0.38 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Seal] Naoshige; [Signature] 鉄元堂　正楽; [Translation] Tetsugendo/Shoraku",
    "med": "iron, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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