Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Fuchi with a Chinese Boy
1736-1787 (Edo)
silver, gold
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
A monkey is depicted with his back to the viewer. He is wearing a coat and seems to be dancing beneath a plum tree in bloom. Tufts of bamboo are near his feet. This is part of a set with Walters 51.951.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm) (l.)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or 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.
51.950
