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{
    "localId": "35848",
    "label": "Fuchi with Japanese Phoenix (\"\"Hô-ô\"\")",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1020"
}

{
    "id": "35848",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1020",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Fuchi with Japanese Phoenix (\"\"Hô-ô\"\")",
    "description": "The mythical Japanese bird the \"hô-ô\" is similar to the phoenix. The vibrant colors of the bird are created though the use of gold, copper and shakudo. This is part of a set with Walters 51.1021.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1781-1825 (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1020",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "fuchi",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1020_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1020_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1020_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 菊川久英; [Translation] Kikugawa Hisateru; [Number] In pencil: 813",
    "RelatedObjects": 8147,
    "med": "shakudo, gold, silver, copper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6039"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 3,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.1020_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "3ba2234633e13404"
}