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{
    "localId": "16938",
    "label": "Tsuba with Chinese Gentlemen Viewing a Waterfall",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.261"
}

{
    "id": "16938",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.261",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Chinese Gentlemen Viewing a Waterfall",
    "description": "This tsuba depicts four men in Chinese dress at the lower right observing a waterfall at the left. A blossoming tress occupies the right side. On the reverse, a single figure looks off into the distance.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca.1800-1850 (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.261",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.261_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.261_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 8.1,
            "height": 7.6,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 3/16 x 3 x 3/16 in. (8.07 x 7.6 x 0.4 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 政守; [Translation] Masamori",
    "med": "iron, gold, silver gilt, shibuichi",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3407"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.261_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "165eeb29604560df"
}