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{
    "localId": "5358",
    "label": "Tsuba with Wang Xizhi",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.144"
}

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    "id": "5358",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.144",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Wang Xizhi",
    "description": "This tsuba probably depicts the Chinese calligrapher Wang Xizhi [Wang Hsi-chih], who lived in the 4th century BC. He is shown with a long scroll in his hand and a boy attendant. The bird at the upper left is a crane raised by Wang Xizhi [Wang Hsi-chih].",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1825 (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.144",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.144_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.144_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.144_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.6,
            "height": 6.1,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 1/8 in. (6.6 x 6.08 x 0.35 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Mito School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 弘親; [Translation] Hirochika",
    "med": "shibuichi, gold, silver, gilt",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6506"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.144_Mrk_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "97c3512b3db1280c"
}