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Fuchi with Hunting Hawk
early-mid 19th century (Edo)
shibuichi, gold
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
This fuchi is unusually wide, which gave the artist extra room to depict the scene of a hawk catching a heron or crane. The hawk has the other bird in its claws. 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.
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 acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 3/4 x W: 1 1/16 x D: 1 5/16 in. (4.5 x 2.7 x 3.3 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.
51.1240.2A