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{
    "localId": "9166",
    "label": "Tsuba with Peonies, Chrysanthemums and Grasses in a Woven Basket",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1297"
}

{
    "id": "9166",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1297",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Peonies, Chrysanthemums and Grasses in a Woven Basket",
    "description": "At the lower edge of this tsuba is the rim and shoulder of a wicker basket. Emerging from the basket to form the body of the tsuba are grasses, peonies and chrysanthemums. The handles of the basket form the edge of the tsuba.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1st half 19th century (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1297",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1297_MrkA_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1297_MrkA_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1297_MrkA_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Sunagawa School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 砂川工; [Transliteration] Sunagawa kô [Seal]  正吉; [Transliteration] Masayoshi; [Translation] Made by Sunagawa Masayoshi",
    "med": "iron, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6729"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.1297_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "108cd325f2163712"
}