Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Kozuka with Herons and Reeds
1864 (late Edo)
silver, shakudo, gold
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
At the right of the composition, two herons are shown standing beneath reeds. Incised lines on the left indicate water. This is part of a mounted set.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Aizu
(Place of Origin)
Japan, Niigata (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or 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.
51.1183.3