Kashira with Daikoku

Description One of the seven gods of good fortune, Daikoku, is peering out at the viewer from inside a bag of treasures. At the bottom of the bag is a silver rat. Rats are associated with Daikoku as a reminder that treasure must be guarded. This is part of a set with Walters 51.938.

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

Inscriptions none

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters