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{
    "localId": "33278",
    "label": "Inro with White Lily",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.411"
}

{
    "id": "33278",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.411",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Inro with White Lily",
    "description": "A black standard (oblong) three compartment inro. On one side a lily in inlaid raden, the leaves in \"takamakie\" in silver. A butterfly in \"takamakie\" in gold flying just above the lily. A plant with red lacquer leaves in the background. Part of the butterfly's wing is at the top of the inro. All on a black \"roiro\" lacquer ground. Another lily on the reverse whose leaves circle around to the other side. The cord channels are internal. The interior in \"fundame\" of gold.",
    "provenance": "Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.",
    "date": "mid-19th century (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.411",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Lacquer & Inlay",
        "inro",
        "netsuke",
        "ojime",
        "boxes (containers)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_67.411_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_67.411_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_67.411_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 8 11/16 in. (22 cm); Inro H: 2 13/16 × W: 2 3/4 × D: 15/16 in. (7.2 × 7 × 2.4 cm); Netsuke H: 5/8 × W: 1 1/4 × D: 1 7/16 in. (1.6 × 3.2 × 3.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] Jokasainone",
    "med": "gold and silver lacquer and shell over wood",
    "creator_ids": [
        "7037"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JPK"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3300"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 3,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL7_67.411_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "mediaId": "8151a14478573ffd"
}