Fuchi with Basket of Peaches on a Table

Description At the right, a basket with four peaches is depicted on a Chinese style writing table. Clouds swirl around the right of the table. Peaches are a symbol of longevity because peaches from a mythical garden were said to give immortality to those who ate them. This is part of a set with Walters 51.1035.

Provenance William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Signature] Yôryûken Naoyuki; [Number] In pencil: 826

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters