Description
A gold morning glory in bloom is shown on a vine with flowers. Morning glories were associated with autumn and were famously included in a chapter of the Tale of Genji. This is part of a mounted set.
Provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions
[Signature] 秀鏡刻; [Transliteration] Hideaki koku; [Translation] Engraved by Hideaki
Credit
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters