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    "localId": "40389",
    "label": "Tsuba with a Dragon in Clouds",
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}

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    "id": "40389",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.175",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with a Dragon in Clouds",
    "description": "On this tsuba, the body of a dragon and clouds swirl around the central openings. Dragons were signs of great power. The design of this tsuba is reminiscent of dragons painted on the ceilings of Buddhist temples.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "n.d.",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.175",
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    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
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    "imageCount": 2,
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.9,
            "height": 6.6,
            "depth": 0.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 11/16 x 2 9/16 x 1/8 in. (6.9 x 6.56 x 0.33 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "shibuichi, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
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    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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