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    "localId": "4197",
    "label": "Tsuba with Rooster, Hen, and Chick with Autumn Flowers",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.154"
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    "id": "4197",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.154",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Rooster, Hen, and Chick with Autumn Flowers",
    "description": "On the front of this tsuba are a rooster and chick. Behind the rooster are Chinese bellflowers and partinia flowers. Both are associated with autumn. On the reverse is a hen near a stream with chrysanthemums.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "19th century (Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.154",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.7,
            "height": 7.1,
            "depth": 0.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 1/16 x 2 13/16 x 3/16 in. (7.7 x 7.1 x 0.48 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 篠山篤興; [Translation] Sasayama Tokuoki",
    "med": "iron, gilt, copper, gold, silver",
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        "6330"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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