Description
Around the rim of the fuchi is the gold body of a dragon flying through clouds. Dragons are associated with water and often depicted with clouds or waves. This is part of a mounted set.
Provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions
[Inscription] 蛟一則校合; [Transliteration] Kô Kazunori kyôgô; [Translation] Altered by Kô Kazunori; [Signature] 一白斎則次; [Translation] Ichihakusai Noritsugu (kao)
Credit
Acquired by Henry Walters