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{
    "localId": "35348",
    "label": "Tsuba with a Chrysanthemum Blossom and Two Bees",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.153"
}

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    "id": "35348",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.153",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with a Chrysanthemum Blossom and Two Bees",
    "description": "This tsuba is in the shape of a chrysanthemum, with the central opening made in the middle of the petals. On the front, a bee alights on the lower left of the flower. On the reverse, a bee can be found at the upper right. Some of the lower petals are tipped in gold. Chrysanthemums are an autumn flower. A chrysanthemum forms the crest of the imperial family.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisiton unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "19th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.153",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsuba",
        "sword components"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.153_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.153_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.153_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.5,
            "height": 6.6,
            "depth": 0.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 15/16 × W: 2 5/8 × D: 1/4 in. (7.5 × 6.6 × 0.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] Sokin (?)",
    "med": "shibuichi (silver-copper alloy), gold, copper, silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.153_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "48b5afe1390fe1db"
}