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    "localId": "38677",
    "label": "Tsuba with Cock and Peonies",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.383"
}

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    "id": "38677",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.383",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Cock and Peonies",
    "description": "A cock stands on the right hand side of this tsuba. Along the left side and the bottom are peony flowers. On the reverse are a hen and horn beetles, surrounded by flowers.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "mid-19th century (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.383",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsuba",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.6,
            "height": 7.3,
            "depth": 1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 × W: 2 7/8 × D: 3/8 in. (7.6 × 7.3 × 1 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Yokoya School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 五祖起龍斎　横谷宗與; [Transliteration] goso kiryûsai/Yokoya Sôyo (kao); [Translation] Fifth generation Kiryûsai/Yokoya Sôyo",
    "med": "shibuichi (silver-copper alloy), gold, copper, silver",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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