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{
    "localId": "6124",
    "label": "Tsuba with Gourd with Grasshopper",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.145"
}

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    "id": "6124",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.145",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Gourd with Grasshopper",
    "description": "This silver tsuba is shaped in the form of a gourd. One large gourd fills the right side and lower section. Leaves and a smaller gourd are on the top. The hole for the utility knife, on the left is in the space between the main gourd and the leaves. A cricket perches below the central opening. Gourds are a symbol of longevity.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1696-1769 (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.145",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.145_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.145_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.7,
            "height": 5.2,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 5/8 x 2 1/16 x 3/16 in. (6.74 x 5.19 x 0.44 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Hamano School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 乙柳軒　政隨; [Translation] Otsuryuken/Masayuki",
    "med": "silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6114"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "mediaId": "1c13f16f4d3d9a35"
}