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    "localId": "19077",
    "label": "Kozuka with Chinese-style Lion",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1192.3"
}

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    "id": "19077",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1192.3",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with Chinese-style Lion",
    "description": "At the right of the composition is a Chinese-style lion made of gold. These lions were derived from pictures of lions and tend to resemble dogs. A bolster pillow with long tassels is on the left. This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "19th century (?)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1192.3",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1192.3_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 8 9/16 in. (21.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Inscription] On blade: noshu seki shizu saburo kaneuji; [Translation] Saburo Kaneuji at Shizu of Noshu Seki",
    "med": "iron, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.1192.3_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "fd004a1e31113252"
}