Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Umabari with Bird and Waves
1850-1870 (late Edo-Meiji)
gold, steel
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
A mythical bird with the head of a dragon appears over waves at the right of the composition. 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, Tokyo
(Place of Origin)
Japan, Kawagoe (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 3 15/16 in. (10 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.1294.3
