Kozuka with Two Puppies and Clam Shells in a Straw Basket

Description Two puppies are shown here playing with a basket of shells. The puppy on the right has a clam shell in its front paws. The puppy in the middle of the composition is climbing to the basket of shells. Three shells from the basket are on the left. The background is in a fish egg pattern ("nanako-ji").

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

Inscriptions none

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters