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{
    "localId": "40611",
    "label": "Tsuba with Heron in Marsh Grasses",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.217"
}

{
    "id": "40611",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.217",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Heron in Marsh Grasses",
    "description": "On the right side of this tsuba, a heron stands among marsh grasses. The full moon is at the upper right. Both the moon and the heron are executed in silver. The silver has tarnished to a dark color, but would have originally been light. A tree stump and marsh are at the left on the reverse.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "n.d.",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.217",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.217_Mrk_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.217_Mrk_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 一東子　龍翁作; [Translation] Ittôkusai/Ryûô saku",
    "med": "sentoku, silver, gold, shakudo",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6170"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.217_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "784082fa8d124616"
}