Description
This kozuka shows a scroll intertwined with prayer beads. The scroll is likely a Buddhist sutra or other religious text. The reverse is partially a copper alloy and partially gold.
Provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions
[Signature] 程乗作 光邦; [transliteration] Teijô saku Mitsukuni; [Translation] Made by Teijô, Mitsukuni
Credit
Acquired by Henry Walters