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{
    "localId": "33399",
    "label": "Tsuba with a Crow and a Heron on a Pine Branch in Rain",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.203"
}

{
    "id": "33399",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.203",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with a Crow and a Heron on a Pine Branch in Rain",
    "description": "A crow and a heron are perched on a pine branch at the lower right side of this tsuba. The heron is made of silver, and the crow is made of a copper alloy. The silver of the heron would have originally been white. The white heron and the black crow appear as a metaphor for the pairing of opposites or ying and yang.  Incised lines indicate rain. There is a pine branch on the reverse.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "mid 19th century (Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.203",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.203_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.203_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.1,
            "height": 5.7,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 3/8 x 2 1/4 x 3/16 in. (6.1 x 5.7 x 0.43 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 伯量 ; [Translation] Hakuryu",
    "med": "copper, gold and silver detail",
    "creator_ids": [
        "5613"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.203_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "e54d8076f3639720"
}