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    "localId": "10800",
    "label": "Tsuba with a Dragon",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.160"
}

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    "id": "10800",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.160",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with a Dragon",
    "description": "This tsuba is formed by the body of a dragon wrapped around the central opening for the sword. Dragons are commonly featured in Chinese and Japanese art. They are considered symbols of strength.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1796-1835 (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.160",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.4,
            "height": 7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 15/16 x 2 3/4 in. (7.4 x 7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Kinai School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 水府住　玉川美久; [Transliteration] suifu ju/tamagawa yoshihisa (kao); [Translation] Residing in Suifu/Tamagawa Yoshihisa",
    "med": "iron",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3516"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.160_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
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