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Fuchi with Herons and Reeds

Ishiguro Masayoshi I (Japanese, 1775-1862)

1838 (late Edo)

copper, gold, shakudo, silver

H: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)

Description
On the front of the fuchi, two herons stand beneath reeds. Decorative rocks are on the right side. This is part of a mounted set.
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Acquired by Henry Walters

51.1230.3A

Not on view

[Date] Tempô kyû nen tsuchinoe inu tôchû; [Translation] Tempo 9 (1838), year of the dog, mid winter; [Signature] Juôsai Ishiguro Masayoshi (kao)

Japanese

Edo (present-day Tokyo, Japan)


Provenance

Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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