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    "localId": "79571",
    "label": "Fuchi with Arrowroot and Butterfly",
    "core": "obj",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1191.3a"
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    "id": "79571",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1191.3a",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Fuchi with Arrowroot and Butterfly",
    "description": "A vine of arrowroot leaves surrounds the edge of the fuchi. A butterfly is shown on the front. 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": "1848-1918 (late Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1191.3a",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "fuchi",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 3.9,
            "height": 2.2,
            "depth": 1.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 9/16 x W: 7/8 x D: 1/2 in. (3.9 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 秀鏡; [Translation] Hideaki (kao)",
    "med": "silver, gold, shakudo",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6098"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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