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    "localId": "19734",
    "label": "Tsuba with Fish and Seafood",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.201"
}

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    "id": "19734",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.201",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Fish and Seafood",
    "description": "An assortment of fish appears along the bottom of this tsuba. The largest is the sea bream in gold at the lower right corner. Sea bream are felicitous fish because their name \"tai\" contains a syllable from Japanese word for auspicious (\"medetai\"). Near the bream is another fish in copper Above it is an abalone shell in silver alloy. A spiny lobster, which is a sign of longevity, is in a copper and gold alloy on the left. On the reverse are a wasabi root and another fish.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "late 18th-late 19th century (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.201",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.3,
            "height": 6.7,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 7/8 x W: 2 5/8 x D: 1/8 in. (7.25 x 6.65 x 0.38 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Ishiguro School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 石黒政常; [Translation] Ishiguro Masatsune (kao)",
    "med": "sentoku, copper, gold, silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2262"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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