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    "localId": "22388",
    "label": "Inro with Chrysanthemums by a Stream",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.529"
}

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    "id": "22388",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.529",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Inro with Chrysanthemums by a Stream",
    "description": "A slightly oval black lacquer four case inro. Design around the inro shows chrysanthemums of various types near a stream with waves. The design in slightly raised work of black lacquer with half of the flowers in gold and half in silver lacquer on a ground of black lacquer with stylized waves formed by combing the lacquer. The top and bottom partially covered by a textured grey-black lacquer (\"ishime\"). Inscribed in gold on the bottom of the lower compartment. The interior of \"roiro.\" The cord channels are internal.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "mid 19th century (Edo; Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.529",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Lacquer & Inlay",
        "inro",
        "boxes (containers)"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_67.529_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 8.2,
            "height": 5.7,
            "depth": 2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "inro: 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 x 13/16 in. (8.2 x 5.7 x 2 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] Zeshin",
    "RelatedObjects": 35926,
    "med": "black, gold, and silver lacquer",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3078"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JPK"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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