Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Kozuka with a Cormorant on a Boat
1827-1857 (late Edo)
shibuichi, copper, silver
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
A cormorant is depicted perched on the prow of an unmanned boat. Cormorants were used for fishing in some rivers. Stylized lines around the boat indicate water. The artist's signature is on the edge of the kozuka.
Inscription
Provenance
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Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.882