Kashira Remounted as a Box Lid with Taoist Immortal Koreijin

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description This kashira from a Japanese sword was refashioned into a lid for the box made out of its matching fuchi (Walters 51.1330A). The Taoist immortal Koreijin (Ch. Gu Lingren) is shown with his white tiger.

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

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Creator

Japanese (Artist)

Period

Original: 18th century (?); Mounted: late 19th-early 20th century (Edo-Meiji)

Medium

gold lined with silver
(Gold, Silver & Jewelry)

Accession Number

57.1330B

Measurements

H: 1 x W: 1 7/16 in. (2.6 x 3.7 cm)

Geographies

Japan (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View