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Kozuka with Morning Glory
1848-1918 (Edo-Meiji-Taisho)
silver, gold, shakudo, copper alloy
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
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.
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Provenance
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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: 7 15/16 in. (20.1 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.
51.1248.4
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