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    "localId": "28757",
    "label": "Tsuba with Peonies and Magnolia",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.211"
}

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    "id": "28757",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.211",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Peonies and Magnolia",
    "description": "The front of this tsuba shows two peony flowers, one of which is gold. Peonies are associated with regal power and summer. On the reverse are magnolia flowers, which are also associated with summer.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "19th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.211",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsuba",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 8.6,
            "height": 7.5,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 3/8 × W: 2 15/16 × D: 3/16 in. (8.6 × 7.5 × 0.4 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Inscription] Ichi [ ]",
    "med": "shibuichi (silver-copper alloy), gold, silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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