Fuchi with Flowering Plum Tree

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description The trunk of a plum tree with a branch and flowers is shown. Plums are an auspicious motif. A rock with bamboo near it is on the reverse. This is part of a set with Walters 51.959.

Provenance William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Signature] On fuchi: 政隨; [Translation] Shôzui

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters

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Creator

Hamano Shôzui (Japanese, 1696-1769) (Metalworker)

Period

1696-1769 (mid Edo)

Medium

nigurome, gold
(Arms & Armor)

Accession Number

51.958

Measurements

1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm) (l.)

Geographies

Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View