Ask the Scholar

{
    "localId": "38636",
    "label": "Tsuba with Chrysanthemums",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.274"
}

{
    "id": "38636",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.274",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Chrysanthemums",
    "description": "This tsuba is decorated with gold and copper chrysanthemums, symbols of autumn. Six chrysanthemums, along with leaves and buds, adorn the front. On the reverse are three additional blossoms along the left edge.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "n.d.",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.274",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.274_Fnt_DD_JP08-001170.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.274_Fnt_DD_JP08-001170.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.274_Fnt_DD_JP08-001170.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.4,
            "height": 6.9,
            "depth": 0.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 7/8 x 2 11/16 x 3/16 in. (7.37 x 6.88 x 0.47 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "shakudo, gold, copper, shibuichi",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "170"
    ]
}

{
    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.274_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "d46881efb4bde07c"
}