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    "localId": "7053",
    "label": "Tsuba with Autumn Flowers",
    "core": "obj",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1258.2"
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    "id": "7053",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1258.2",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Autumn Flowers",
    "description": "The front of the tsuba is decorated with chrysanthemums, Chinese bell flowers and a butterfly. On the reverse are mist flowers. These three flowers are among the seven celebrated flowers of autumn that often appear in poetry. This is part of a mounted set in which all pieces are decorated with autumn flowers and signed by Ishiguro Masatsune.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1866 (Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1258.2",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.2,
            "height": 5.5,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 7/16 x W: 2 3/16 x D: 3/16 in. (6.2 x 5.5 x 0.4 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 石黒政常; [Translation] Ishiguro Masatsune (kao)",
    "med": "silver, gold, sentoku",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2385"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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