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    "localId": "27115",
    "label": "Tsuba with Chrysanthemums and a Snail",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.209"
}

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    "id": "27115",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.209",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Chrysanthemums and a Snail",
    "description": "On the front of this tsuba, chrysanthemums made of variously colored metals are shown sheltered by a bamboo umbrella. On the reverse, a copper snail is shown crawling up a stalk of bamboo in the upper left. Chrysanthemums are generally a sign of autumn and snails are associated with summer.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1824-1864 (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.209",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.209_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.2,
            "height": 7.1,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 13/16 x 2 3/4 x 3/16 in. (7.2 x 7.06 x 0.42 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Goto School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 後藤法橋　一乗; [Translation] Goto Hokkyo/Ichijo",
    "med": "gold, silver, copper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4468"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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