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    "localId": "39971",
    "label": "Tsuba with a Chinese Immortal",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.267"
}

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    "id": "39971",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.267",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with a Chinese Immortal",
    "description": "The face of a Chinese immortal appears at the lower right of this tsuba. He wears a cloth covering on his head and carries a fly whisk. The background of the tsuba is iron with a wood grain appearance. The body was probably made by Munesada and the decoration added by Noriyuki.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca.1725-1750 (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.267",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.267_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.267_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.267_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.9,
            "height": 7.5,
            "depth": 0.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 1/8 x 2 15/16 x 3/16 in. (7.9 x 7.54 x 0.46 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Myochin, Hamano School",
    "inscriptions": "[Seal] 矩隨; [Translation] Noriyuki; [Signature] 明珍民部; [Translation] Myochin Minbu; [Signature] 紀宗定作; [Translation] Ki Munesada saku",
    "med": "iron, silver, shibuichi",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6464",
        "2017"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2816"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 3,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.267_MrkA_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "cfb6c2e7fd912a5e"
}