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Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Kozuka with Ox and Ivy
19th century
iron, gold
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
At the right of the kozuka is an ox, facing away from the viewer. It is at a small stream and has a led rope attached. On the right is ivy. On the back, bundles of rice straw are shown near a stream.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
4 in. (10.1 cm) (l.)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.648