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    "localId": "26481",
    "label": "Inro with Cart of Flowers from the Four Seasons, with Netsuke",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.452"
}

{
    "id": "26481",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.452",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Inro with Cart of Flowers from the Four Seasons, with Netsuke",
    "description": "A standard (oblong) gold lacquer four case inro. Design around the inro shows a flower cart with a basket filled with a flower arrangement of camellia (\"tsubaki\"), chrysanthemums, prunus, clematis, peony, wisteria, cherry and iris. The flowers in \"hiramakie\" in gold, red and silver lacquer on a background of \"gyobu.\" The interior with \"nashiji\" and the rims in \"fundame\" or \"kinji.\" Inscribed in gold on the bottom of the lower case with a signature and seal. The cord channels are external. The lacquer netsuke is in the form of chrysanthemums.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "early 19th century (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.452",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "inro",
        "netsukes",
        "ojime",
        "boxes (containers)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_67.452_Fnt_BW_H67.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_67.452_Fnt_BW_H67.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_67.452_Fnt_BW_H67.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 9.5,
            "height": 5.3,
            "depth": 2.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "inro: 3 3/4 x 2 1/16 x 1 1/16 in. (9.5 x 5.3 x 2.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Seal] \"\"kakihan\"\"; [Signature] Toshi",
    "med": "lacquer, wood, ivory, coral",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2098"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JPK"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "275"
    ]
}

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    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL7_67.452_Fnt_BW_H67.jpg",
    "mediaId": "ab13188a2c939224"
}