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{
    "localId": "18855",
    "label": "Tsuba with a Peony Blossom",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.167"
}

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    "id": "18855",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.167",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with a Peony Blossom",
    "description": "At the lower left of this tsuba, a peony blossom is shown carved in relief. The stamens of the flower are highlighted in gold. On the back, peony leaves complete the motif. Peonies are a symbol of summer.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1860-1917 (late Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.167",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.9,
            "height": 6.2,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 11/16 x 2 7/16 x 3/16 in. (6.9 x 6.15 x 0.4 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 勝守; [Translation] Katsumori",
    "med": "shakudo, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3624"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "mediaId": "f9623ed9e43836a0"
}