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    "localId": "35207",
    "label": "Tsuba with Egrets at a Riverside",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.171"
}

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    "id": "35207",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.171",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Egrets at a Riverside",
    "description": "At the lower right of this tsuba, an egret walks among reeds at the water's edge. On the reverse, an egret stands on a tree stump. Lightly incised clouds occupy the upper portion of both sides.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "mid 19th century (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.171",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.2,
            "height": 6.9,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 13/16 x 2 11/16 x 1/8 in. (7.2 x 6.88 x 0.38 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Mito School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 宝壽斎　弘親; [Translation] Hojusai/Hirochika",
    "med": "shibuichi, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6506"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "mediaId": "288c734967496132"
}