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    "localId": "35628",
    "label": "Ash Container",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.52"
}

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    "id": "35628",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.52",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Ash Container",
    "description": "Decorated with checkered bands, clouds, and floral motifs.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "19th century (Edo; Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.52",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Lacquer & Inlay",
        "takigara ire",
        "containers"
    ],
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    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.6,
            "height": 6.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H overall: 2 5/8 x 2 1/2 in. (6.6 x 6.3 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] Masanao Kasan [Rakusui kakihan]; [Translation] Signature of the Meiji-period collector Masanao Tsuchiya",
    "med": "gold lacquer, metal, wood",
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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