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Fuchi with Swallows and Plants

Toshiyama (Artist)
n.d.
shakudo, gold
(Japanese Military Armor)

At the left, two swallows are depicted in flight. Flowers and grasses decorate the right side of the composition. A third swallow is on the reverse. This is part of a set with Walters 51.1097.

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[Signature] 壽山政升; [Translation] Toshiyama Masa[ ]

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

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Japan (Place of Origin)

Measurements

L: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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51.1096

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