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    "localId": "24901",
    "label": "Tsuka with Dragons and Waves",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1212.3B"
}

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    "id": "24901",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1212.3B",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuka with Dragons and Waves",
    "description": "The metalwork on this tsuka is decorated with waves and dragons. In place of a kashira is a kabuto gane, which is larger than a kashira. It has a design of stylized waves, accented by gold foam. Another plate with a pattern of waves surrounds the menuki. On the menuki are gold dragons holding tide-controlling jewels. Dragons are associated with the ocean. This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "19th century (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1212.3B",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsuka",
        "menuki",
        "kabuto gane",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1212.3b_DetA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1212.3b_DetA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 8 11/16 in. (22 cm)"
}

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

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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