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    "localId": "6169",
    "label": "Fuchi with Chrysanthemums",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1278.2A"
}

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    "id": "6169",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1278.2A",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Fuchi with Chrysanthemums",
    "description": "The front of the fuchi is dominated by a large, open chrysanthemum flower. Leaves and buds appear on the reverse. The fuchi forms a continuous composition with the koi-guchi kanagu on the hilt. This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unkonwn]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "mid-late 19th century (late Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1278.2A",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "fuchi",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1278.2a_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1278.2a_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 4,
            "height": 2.3,
            "depth": 1.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 9/16 x W: 7/8 x D: 7/16 in. (4 x 2.3 x 1.1 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 石黒是美作; [Translation] Ishiguro Koreyoshi saku",
    "med": "silver, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "5346"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "mediaId": "790deb1e002cca68"
}