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    "localId": "17973",
    "label": "Tsuba with Chrysanthmums",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1257.2"
}

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    "id": "17973",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1257.2",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Chrysanthmums",
    "description": "The body of the tsuba is densely filled with chrysanthemum flowers and leaves. This subject was a specialty of the artist. Chrysanthemums are associated with autumn. This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acqusition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1800 (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1257.2",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7,
            "height": 6.3,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 3/4 x W: 2 1/2 x D: 3/16 in. (7 x 6.3 x 0.4 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 一玉堂　栄瑞; [Translation] Ichigyokudô Eizui (kao)",
    "med": "silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2943"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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