Kashira with the Chinese General Kanyu (Ch. Guan Yu [Kuan Yu])

Description The figure on the right is the 2nd-century Chinese general Kanyu (Ch. Guan Yu [Kuan Yu]). He is accompanied by either his chief retainer Zhou Cang [Chow Ts'ang] or his son Kwan Bin [Kwan Pin]. This is a part of a set with Walters 51.944.

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

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters