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{
    "localId": "7764",
    "label": "Tsuba with Blossoming Plum and Narcissus",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.95"
}

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    "id": "7764",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.95",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Blossoming Plum and Narcissus",
    "description": "Blossoming plum and narcissus wrap around this circular iron tsuba, in an example of a design defined by the form of the tsuba. The pistils are highlighted in gold enamel. This piece seems to be done in the Old Nara (ko-Nara) style which featured natural motifs in iron.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1750-1775 (mid Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.95",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.95_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.95_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.4,
            "height": 7.2,
            "depth": 0.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 15/16 x 2 13/16 x 1/4 in. (7.4 x 7.16 x 0.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Nara School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] On right: 奈良; [Transliteration] Nara; [Translation] Nara [school]; [Signature] On left: 龜眼作; [Transliteration] Kigan saku; [Translation] Made by Kigan",
    "med": "iron, gold, iron oxide",
    "creator_ids": [
        "5950"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.95_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "07986fecf317a6d7"
}