Description
A basket of peaches sits next to a Chinese-style desk. On the desk are a feather fan ("hauchiwa") and a book. Peaches are an attribute of the Chinese immortal Tobosaku (Ch. Dong Fang Suo [Tung Fang So]), who is depicted on the matching kashira, Walters 51.941.
Provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions
[Inscription] 應需; [Transliteration] Ôju; [Translation] Made by request; [Signature] 恵風舎 常行鐫; [Transliteration] Keifûsha Tsuneyuki horu; [Translation] Carved by Keifûsha Tsuneyuki; [Number] In pencil: 812
Credit
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
