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{
    "localId": "76877",
    "label": "Fuchi Remounted at a Box with Legendary Figures",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1330A"
}

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    "id": "76877",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1330A",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Fuchi Remounted at a Box with Legendary Figures",
    "description": "This box was originally a fuchi from Japanese sword that was made into a box. The matching kashira (Walters 51.1330B) is the lid. Nine cartouches around the edge contain images of various legendary figures including the Taoist immortal Koreijin (Ch. Gu Lingren) with his white tiger and several warriors.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "Original: 18th century (?); Mounted: late 19th-early 20th century (Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1330A",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "boxes (containers)",
        "fuchi",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_57.1330A_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_57.1330A_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_57.1330A_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2.6,
            "height": 3.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 x W: 1 7/16 in. (2.6 x 3.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "gold lined with silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_57.1330A_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "3378e67ee9750b47"
}