Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Kozuka with Plovers and Waves
19th century (Edo)
shibuichi, gold
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
The right side of this horizontally oriented composition ends with the curve of a wave that matches the edge of the kozuka. At the left, two plovers fly above the water. Between them is a thin crescent moon. The kozuka is signed on the reverse.
Inscription
Provenance
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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.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm) (l.)
Credit Line
Acquired by 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.
51.728