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    "localId": "34517",
    "label": "Kozuka with Clam and Mirage",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.841"
}

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    "id": "34517",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.841",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with Clam and Mirage",
    "description": "A clam is settled among seaweed at the right side of the kozuka. A mirage of buildings appears in the bubbles of air emanating from the clam. Such mirages were known as the \"Clam's dream.\"",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1800 (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.841",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Naoyoshi School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] On kozuka: 佐野道好; [Translation] Sano Michiyoshi (kao)",
    "med": "shakudo, gold, copper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "5395"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "170"
    ]
}

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