Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Kozuka with Flower Cart with a Praying Mantis
1695-1742 (Edo)
shakudo, gold, silver
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
The cart filled with flowers is a lucky flower cart, called a "hana kuruma." When shown with praying mantis, as here, the motif is meant to suggest the wheel of law. The wheel of law is a physical manifestation of Buddha's teachings.
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Provenance
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Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.640