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{
    "localId": "7774",
    "label": "Tsuba with Dragon in Clouds",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1211.2"
}

{
    "id": "7774",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1211.2",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Dragon in Clouds",
    "description": "On either side of the tsuba, a dragon is shown entwined with clouds. Dragons are associated with water and often depicted with clouds or waves. This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1824-1876 (late Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1211.2",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1211.2_Back_DD_JP09-2.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1211.2_Back_DD_JP09-2.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 蛟一則鐫之; [Transliteration] Kô Kazunori sen kore; [Translation] Kô Kazunori carved this; [Seal] unread",
    "med": "silver, gold, shibuichi",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6144"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 4,
    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "mediaId": "da88ca340f033263"
}