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    "localId": "28631",
    "label": "Tsuba with Chrysanthemums",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.276"
}

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    "id": "28631",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.276",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Chrysanthemums",
    "description": "This tsuba is decorated with chrysanthemum in gold and copper alloy. The petals and leaves of the flower wrap around the edge so that parts of the same flower are visible on both sides. Chrysanthemums are a symbol of autumn.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "18th-19th century (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.276",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.276_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.276_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.276_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.3,
            "height": 7,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 7/8 x W: 2 3/4 x D: 3/16 in. (7.3 x 7 x 0.41 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "iron, shakudo, copper, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "mediaId": "91b1049d29d84c46"
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