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    "localId": "15515",
    "label": "Tsuba with Dragons and Clouds",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1226.2"
}

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    "id": "15515",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1226.2",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Dragons and Clouds",
    "description": "Two dragons in clouds decorate the front of this tsuba. A black dragon made of shakudo is at the top. A gold dragon is at the bottom. This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "2nd half 19th century-early 20th century (late Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1226.2",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1226.2_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1226.2_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Inscription] 應需造是; [Transliteration] ôju tsukuru kore; [Translation] Made by special order; [Signature] 伊藤正壽; [Translation] Itô Masatoshi",
    "med": "silver, gold, shakudo",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2947"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "mediaId": "d00868d3624aba8f"
}