Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Kozuka with Cricket and Flowers
(Japanese Military Armor)
A small cricket appears at the right of the composition. Behind it are chrysanthemum flowers and pampas grass. Both of the plants are associated with autumn. On the reverse, the scene of a basket amidst plants is incised at the left. This is part of a mounted set.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.1216.3
