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    "localId": "7208",
    "label": "Octopus Grasping a Piece of Coral",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1344"
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    "id": "7208",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1344",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Octopus Grasping a Piece of Coral",
    "description": "A silver octopus on top grasping a piece of coral with all tentacles. Loop on a swivel.",
    "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/57.1344",
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    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
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        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 4.7,
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        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "1 7/8 x 1 3/4 in. (4.7 x 4.4 cm)"
}

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}

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