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    "localId": "79540",
    "label": "Tsuka with Frog, Lotus Blossom and Geese",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1287.2b"
}

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    "id": "79540",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1287.2b",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuka with Frog, Lotus Blossom and Geese",
    "description": "The kashira on the end is in the shape of a lotus blossom. A frog sits on one edge. One menuki is in the shape of a flying goose. The other is a standing goose with bamboo. This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1832-ca. 1887 (Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1287.2b",
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        "tsuka",
        "kashira, menuki",
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        "handles"
    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 4 in. (10.1 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "silver, gold, ray skin, silver gilt",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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