Cock on Mounted Drum Symbolizing Peace

Description Decorated in relief on both sides and each end with a three-clawed dragon, partially in gold. Four-footed pedestal decorated with vine leaves applied partially in gold. Cock has gold beak. Legs detachable from body.

Exhibitions

• Japonisme: Japanese Influence in French Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland; Rutgers University Art Museum, New Brunswick; The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1975-1976.

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

Inscriptions [Signature] Incised inscription under cover: Nagoshi Masataka

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters