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    "localId": "4803",
    "label": "Tsuba with Chinese-style Lion and Waterfall",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1225.2"
}

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    "id": "4803",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1225.2",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Chinese-style Lion and Waterfall",
    "description": "At the lower right of the tsuba is a gold Chinese-style lion (\"shishi\"). This type of lion was developed by artist who saw drawings of lions, not by direct observation. Therefore, they often look more like dogs than lions. A waterfall is on the left side. This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "19th century (Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1225.2",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "silver, gold, copper, shakudo",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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