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{
    "localId": "17164",
    "label": "Tsuba with Doves",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.350"
}

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    "id": "17164",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.350",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Doves",
    "description": "This small tsuba is designed for use with a dagger. At the lower right are two doves. A full moon partially disguised by clouds is at the upper left. On the reverse are a pine tree and a stream running along the bottom.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1829-1890 (late Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.350",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.350_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.4,
            "height": 4.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 1/8 x 1 7/8 in. (5.4 x 4.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 壽良; [Translation] Toshiyoshi",
    "med": "shibuichi, silver, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6119"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "mediaId": "40999beb8c0dbcc9"
}