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{
    "localId": "76878",
    "label": "Kashira Remounted as a Box Lid with Taoist Immortal Koreijin",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1330B"
}

{
    "id": "76878",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1330B",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kashira Remounted as a Box Lid with Taoist Immortal Koreijin",
    "description": "This kashira from a Japanese sword was refashioned into a lid for the box made out of its matching fuchi (Walters 51.1330A). The Taoist immortal Koreijin (Ch. Gu Lingren) is shown with his white tiger.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "Original: 18th century (?); Mounted: late 19th-early 20th century (Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1330B",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "boxes (containers)",
        "lids",
        "kashira",
        "sword components"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_57.1330B_SideA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_57.1330B_SideA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_57.1330B_SideA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2.6,
            "height": 3.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 x W: 1 7/16 in. (2.6 x 3.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "RelatedObjects": 76877,
    "med": "gold lined with silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_57.1330B_Back_DD_JP09_004893.jpg",
    "mediaId": "846ed222ae5f6bdf"
}