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    "localId": "18906",
    "label": "Tsuba with Chrysanthemums",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.393"
}

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    "id": "18906",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.393",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Chrysanthemums",
    "description": "This tsuba has an allover design of chrysanthemums. The blossoms are made of three different alloys. Chrysanthemums are associated with autumn.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "18th century (mid Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.393",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.393_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "copper, gold, silver, shakudo",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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