Box Showing an Octopus and Monkey at Tug of War

Conservation Provenance Inscription Credit

Conservation

Silver tarnish reduced in preparation for exhibition

Date	Description	Narrative
2/05/2016	Treatment	Cleaned

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

Inscriptions unread Gold plaque with inscription.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creator

Japanese (Artist)

Period

19th century (Meiji)

Medium

iron, gold, silver
(Metal)

Accession Number

52.163

Measurements

Overall: 2 1/2 × 4 13/16 × 3 13/16 in. (6.3 × 12.3 × 9.7 cm) Box H: 1 5/8 × W: 4 13/16 × D: 3 13/16 in. (4.2 × 12.3 × 9.7 cm) Lid H: 1 1/16 × W: 4 13/16 × D: 3 13/16 in. (2.7 × 12.3 × 9.7 cm)

Geographies

Japan (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Centre Street: Fourth Floor: From Rye to Raphael, the Walters Story