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    "localId": "79607",
    "label": "Tsuka with Peonies and Phoenixes",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1237.2B"
}

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    "id": "79607",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1237.2B",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuka with Peonies and Phoenixes",
    "description": "The kashira depicts large blooming peonies with gold details in the center. Both menuki are in the shape of a \"hô-ô\" bird with a branch of plum blossoms in their beaks. \"Hô-ô\" are mythical birds often compared to the phoenix in Western mythology. They are a sign of an auspicious ruler. This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "19th century (Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1237.2B",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsuka",
        "menuki",
        "kashira",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1237.2b_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1237.2b_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "med": "silver, gold, ray skin; silk cord",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "mediaId": "512cae73debc063d"
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