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    "localId": "79153",
    "label": "Tsuba with Dragon and Jewel",
    "core": "obj",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1212.2"
}

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    "id": "79153",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1212.2",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Dragon and Jewel",
    "description": "On the right side of the tsuba, the body of a gold dragon appears to emerge from the tsuba. Part of the body can also be seen on the reverse. At the top of the tsuba, the dragon holds a tide controlling jewel in its hand. Dragons were associated with water and the sea. The background of the tsuba is worked in a fish egg pattern (\"nanako-ji\"). This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "19th century (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1212.2",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "shakudo, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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