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{
    "localId": "24409",
    "label": "Fish-Basket Kannon",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1135"
}

{
    "id": "24409",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1135",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Fish-Basket Kannon",
    "description": "This manifestation of Avalokiteshvara in Japan is known as Fish-Basket Kannon and intentionally gendered female. She is associated with a Chinese legend in which the bodhisattva appeared in the guise of a beautiful young woman carrying a basket of fish in order to teach Buddhism to the men in a fishing village.",
    "date": "2nd half 19th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1135",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "statuettes (statues)",
        "okimono"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS4_57.1135_Back_DD_AT23_40340-tms.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS4_57.1135_Back_DD_AT23_40340-tms.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS4_57.1135_Back_DD_AT23_40340-tms.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 14.6,
            "height": 9.7,
            "depth": 6.8
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 5 3/4 × W: 3 13/16 × D: 2 11/16 in. (14.6 × 9.7 × 6.8 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] Ichiryu Tomotoshi",
    "med": "Silver, copper, enamel, gilding",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4406"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS4_57.1135_Fnt_DD_AT23_40267-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "83359e328df371e8"
}