Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Fuchi with Autumn Flowers
ca. 1866 (Edo-Meiji)
silver, gold, sentoku
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
The front of the fuchi is decorated with arrowroot. On the reverse is a chrysanthemum and an incised grasshopper. This is part of a mounted set in which all pieces are decorated with autumn flowers and signed by Ishiguro Masatsune.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 1/2 x W: 7/8 x D: 1/2 in. (3.8 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm)
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.
51.1258.3A