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    "localId": "3319",
    "label": "Tsuba with Stag, Crane, Rock, and Fungus",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.329"
}

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    "id": "3319",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.329",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Stag, Crane, Rock, and Fungus",
    "description": "Several auspicious signs appear on this tsuba. On the front, a crane in flight is shown at the upper right. A stag is at the lower left. Clouds and rocks also appear on the front. On the reverse, a perforated rock is at the right with a fungus at the left.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1824-1859 (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.329",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.4,
            "height": 6.9,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 15/16 x 2 3/4 x 3/16 in. (7.4 x 6.94 x 0.41 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Goto School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 青雲舎東峰; [Translation] Seiunsha Tôhô (kao)",
    "med": "iron, gold, silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4065"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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