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Kozuka with a Tethered Horse and a Monkey

Japanese (Artist)
n.d.
gold, shibuichi, silver
(Japanese Military Armor)

In middle of the kozuka is a horse tethered between two poles. A monkey is on the right. Monkeys and horses are often depicted together because monkeys were thought to keep horses calm in stables.

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

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
4/18/1962 Treatment cleaned
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Japan (Place of Origin)

Measurements

3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.)

Credit Line

Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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51.829

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