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{
    "localId": "32350",
    "label": "Tsuba with Crabs and Lotus Plants",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.263"
}

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    "id": "32350",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.263",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Crabs and Lotus Plants",
    "description": "The body of this tsuba is made with two different metals affixed together and carved to resemble wood grain. The left half is iron and the right half is brass. A long stalk of pampas grass is along the right side, with two crabs along the bottom. The reverse is a copper and tin alloy decorated along the bottom with a crab and lotus plants.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "late 19th century (Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.263",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.263_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 8.6,
            "height": 7.5,
            "depth": 0.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 3/8 x 2 15/16 x 3/16 in. (8.63 x 7.54 x 0.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 三東子; [Translation] Santôshi",
    "med": "iron, sentoku, gold, copper, shibuichi, shakudo",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6761"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.263_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "1e1fc7fdb9476f42"
}