Fuchi with Rats and Daikon

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description Around the edge of this fuchi is a large daikon radish. Three rats are on the radish. Rats are associated with one of the gods of good fortune, Daikoku, who is depicted on the matching kashira, Walters 51.939.

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

Inscriptions [Number] In pencil: X31

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters

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Creator

Japanese (Artist)

Period

n.d.

Medium

copper, gilt
(Arms & Armor)

Accession Number

51.938

Measurements

1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm) (l.)

Geographies

Japan (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View