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    "localId": "4685",
    "label": "Tsuba with Bats and Crescent Moon",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.229"
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    "id": "4685",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.229",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Bats and Crescent Moon",
    "description": "At the top of this tsuba, a bat flies through the night sky. A new moon is in on the right. A second bat is at the lower right. On the reverse, incised lines at the lower left indicate water. Bats are a symbol of happiness.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "18th-19th century (Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.229",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.1,
            "height": 5.4,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 3/8 x 2 1/8 x 1/8 in. (6.1 x 5.4 x 0.39 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Hamano School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 味墨; [Translation] Miboku",
    "med": "sentoku, gold, silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6598"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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