Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Kozuka with a Man Holding a Blow Pipe
1696-1769 (mid Edo)
Iron, gold, copper, silver
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
The man on the front of the kozuka wears a straw hat. In his hands is a bamboo blow pipe used in bird hunting. On the reverse are two sparrows. The artist signed the kozuka on the back.
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.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or 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.
51.787