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Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Fuchi with Pheasant and Peonies
ca 1781-1825 (Edo)
shakudo, gold, silver, copper
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
One side of the fuchi is decorated with a pheasant. The other side has two peonies, some rocks and a stream. Both peonies and pheasants are associated with spring. This is part of a set with Walters 51.933.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.932
