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    "localId": "3502",
    "label": "Tsuba with Dragons",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1157.2"
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    "id": "3502",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1157.2",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Dragons",
    "description": "Three gold dragons are depicted as though they are weaving their bodies in and out of the background. The background is a fish egg pattern (\"nanako-ji\"). This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "18th-19th century (Edo-Meij)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1157.2",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 2,
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.8,
            "height": 7.8,
            "depth": 0.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 1/16 x W: 3 1/16 x D: 1/4 in. (7.8 x 7.8 x 0.7 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "gold, copper, shakudo",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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