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    "localId": "15215",
    "label": "Brush Rest in the Shape of a Praying Mantis",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1323"
}

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    "id": "15215",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1323",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Brush Rest in the Shape of a Praying Mantis",
    "description": "The artist Murata Seimin closely studied his animal subjects, which lends realism to the details of this praying mantis. The insect is also positioned in a pose that easily provides support for a writing brush to rest upon.",
    "provenance": "William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1800 (Edo period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1323",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "brush rests",
        "stands"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.1323_Fnt_SL_T.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.1323_Fnt_SL_T.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.1323_Fnt_SL_T.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 11,
            "height": 17.5,
            "depth": 6.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 4 5/16 × L: 6 7/8 × W: 2 9/16 in. (11 × 17.5 × 6.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Transcription] Three characters stamped in stomach: Seimin chu;  [Translation] Three characters stamped in stomach: Cast by Seimin",
    "dynasty": "Edo period",
    "med": "copper alloy",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3972"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JPK"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL9_54.1323_Fnt_SL_T.jpg",
    "mediaId": "9dd87c50702fbdf2"
}