Fuchi with Morning Glory

Description A morning glory in copper and shakudo is depicted on the front of the fuchi. Morning glories are autumn plants and often literary references. 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] 法眼龍翁; [Translation] Hôgen Ryûô (kao)

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters