Fuchi with Millet and Straw Basket

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description Heads of millet are shown with a flat straw basket. Millet is a grain that was mixed with rice or eaten in place of rice. The matching kashira is Walters 51.1105.

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

Inscriptions [Number] In pencil: 814, 814

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters

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Creator

Japanese (Artist)

Period

18th-19th century

Medium

shibuichi, gold, copper
(Arms & Armor)

Accession Number

51.1104

Measurements

1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm) (l.)

Geographies

Japan (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View