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    "localId": "21765",
    "label": "Tsuba with Carp and Water Milfoil",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.280"
}

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    "id": "21765",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.280",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Carp and Water Milfoil",
    "description": "The carp is an auspicious symbol and here it is shown swimming among water milfoil. The waves of the water are made through incised lines on the tsuba. The reverse side shows a rocky shore and stream.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1800 (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.280",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsuba",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.4,
            "height": 7,
            "depth": 0.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 15/16 × W: 2 3/4 × D: 1/4 in. (7.4 × 7 × 0.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 智久; [Translation] Tomohisa",
    "med": "iron, silver, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "5247"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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