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{
    "localId": "13594",
    "label": "Box for the Incense Game (ko-bako) with Plum Blossoms and Bamboo",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.70"
}

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    "id": "13594",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.70",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Box for the Incense Game (ko-bako) with Plum Blossoms and Bamboo",
    "description": "A circular gold lacquer ko-bako with a convex lid and rounded body. Design of plum blossoms and bamboo continues around the box.Exterior with nashiji for design in hiramakie in gold and okibirame; interior with nashiji and rims with kinji",
    "provenance": "Minoda Chojiro, Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1876, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "19th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.70",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "incense containers",
        "ko-bako"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_67.70_VwA_DD_T15-tms.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_67.70_VwA_DD_T15-tms.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.6,
            "height": 8.8
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 3/16 × Diam: 3 7/16 in. (5.6 × 8.8 cm); Base H: 1 7/16 × Diam: 3 7/16 in. (3.6 × 8.8 cm); Lid H: 1 × Diam: 3 7/16 in. (2.6 × 8.8 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "None",
    "med": "gold lacquer over wood",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "244",
        "3300"
    ]
}

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