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{
    "localId": "9947",
    "label": "Inro with Hawk on its Perch and Netsuke with Gama Sennin and a Toad",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.457"
}

{
    "id": "9947",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.457",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Inro with Hawk on its Perch and Netsuke with Gama Sennin and a Toad",
    "description": "This carved ivory netsuke depicts a standing \"immortal\" hermit, Gama Sennin, with his gourd, toad and staff on a platform.The standard (oblong) gold lacquer four compartment inro has a slightly rounded body. One of the compartments contains red seal-paste. The design on each side of the inro is of a hawk on a perch framed in a panel. The design is in high relief.",
    "provenance": "Wakai Kanesaburo, Centennial Exhibition Philadelphia, 1876; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1876, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "early 19th century (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.457",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Lacquer & Inlay",
        "inro",
        "netsuke",
        "containers for personal gear"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_67.457_Fnt_BW_H66.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_67.457_Fnt_BW_H66.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_67.457_Fnt_BW_H66.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 8.7,
            "height": 5.3,
            "depth": 2.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 7/16 x W: 2 1/16 x D: 7/8 in. (8.7 x 5.3 x 2.2 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Seal] In red on bottom of lower case: Ei; [Signature] In gold on bottom of lower case: Kajikawa saku",
    "med": "gold, red and silver lacquer, silver, ivory, silk",
    "creator_ids": [
        "5347"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JPK"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "244",
        "3427"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 3,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL9_67.457_Fnt_BW_H66.jpg",
    "mediaId": "c85be7af7800a630"
}