Kozuka with Ox and Ivy
(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.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
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