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    "localId": "40440",
    "label": "Tsuba with Cranes",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.223"
}

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    "id": "40440",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.223",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Cranes",
    "description": "Surrounding the central openings of this tsuba are twenty three cranes carved in silver, gold, copper, and a mixed metal alloy called shakudo. Cranes are symbols of longevity and frequently appear in a celebratory context. The reverse of the tsuba has twenty cranes in a similar configuration.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "19th century (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.223",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsuba",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.223_MrkA_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 8.1,
            "height": 7.7,
            "depth": 0.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 3/16 × W: 3 1/16 × D: 1/4 in. (8.1 × 7.7 × 0.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Goto School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 廉乗作　光晃; [Translation] Kenjo saku/Mitsuaki (kao)",
    "med": "shakudo ( gold-coper alloy), gold, silver, copper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6118"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.223_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "ba00fc226b82fc27"
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