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{
    "localId": "14709",
    "label": "Inro with Peonies, Butterfly, and Cat",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.500"
}

{
    "id": "14709",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.500",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Inro with Peonies, Butterfly, and Cat",
    "description": "This oblong inro has four compartments and is decorated with enamels on a black roiro ground. On one side of the inro two butterflies fly over peonies and on the other side a butterfly flies over a sleeping cat. The design is in colored cloisonné of green, white and red for the peonies and shades of yellow and violet for the cat.",
    "provenance": "Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.",
    "date": "19th century (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.500",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "inro"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_67.500_Back_DD_T15-tms.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_67.500_Back_DD_T15-tms.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_67.500_Back_DD_T15-tms.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall L with cord: 6 5/16 in. (16 cm); Inro H: 2 15/16 × W: 2 1/16 × D: 13/16 in. (7.5 × 5.2 × 2.1 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "black lacquer, silver foil, cloisonné enamel on copper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JPK"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "324",
        "3300"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_67.500_Back_DD_T15-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "c0f515932998e26b"
}