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{
    "localId": "3238",
    "label": "Tsuba with Fly and Spiders",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.391"
}

{
    "id": "3238",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.391",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Fly and Spiders",
    "description": "The decoration on this tsuba is confined to the raised rim. At the upper left edge sits a fly. One spider is below it. Another spider is along the upper right edge as though approaching the fly. There is also a cherry blossom on the lower edge. This tsuba is one of a pair with Walters 51.392 and had a matching lacquer box.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1st half 18th century (mid Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.391",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.391_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature and Place] 越前府住　廣次作; [Transliteration] Echizen fu jû/Hirotsugu saku; [Translation] Residing in Echizen (province)/made by Hirotsugu",
    "RelatedObjects": 37033,
    "med": "iron",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4622"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.391_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "8e3033f49ade4286"
}