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Fuchi with Autumn Flowers
19th century (Edo)
shakudo, gold, silver, copper
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
The fuchi is decorated with bush clover, fringed pink, mist flower, and arrowroot. These are four of the seven autumn grasses that were celebrated in ancient Japanese poetry. The other three on the matching kashira, Walters 51.1063.
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 (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.
51.1062
