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{
    "localId": "12079",
    "label": "Tsuba with Dragons in Cartouches",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.333"
}

{
    "id": "12079",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.333",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Dragons in Cartouches",
    "description": "This tsuba is decorated with six cartouches of dragons and a ground of fine fish egg (\"nanako-ji\") patterning. Four appear on the front and two are on the back. Each dragon is executed in a different metal. Dragons are a symbol of power and popularly depicted in Japanese art. Both secondary holes of this tsuba have been plugged.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1825-1850 (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.333",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.333_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.333_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.333_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.6,
            "height": 7.2,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 x 2 13/16 x 1/8 in. (7.6 x 7.18 x 0.38 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Oyama School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 丹霞斎　元章; [Translation] Tankasai/Motoaki (kao)",
    "med": "shakudo, copper, gold, silver, shibuichi",
    "creator_ids": [
        "16465"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.333_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "4d998415f86a680e"
}