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{
    "localId": "15298",
    "label": "Tsuba with a Chinese Hunter and a Rabbit",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.311"
}

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    "id": "15298",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.311",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with a Chinese Hunter and a Rabbit",
    "description": "On the right side of this tsuba stands a man in Chinese style dress holding a bow. At the bottom, a rabbit seems to run away from him. This is probably a reference to a legend. On the back is a waterfall.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "late 18th-early 19th century (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.311",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.311_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.311_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.5,
            "height": 7,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 15/16 x 2 3/4 x 3/16 in. (7.49 x 7 x 0.44 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 知光作; [Translation] Tomomitsu saku",
    "med": "iron, gold and copper detail",
    "creator_ids": [
        "5442"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.311_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "0b4092af55ea3b93"
}