Kozuka with Rats Eating Chili Peppers

n.d. 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.) Citation Source image

Three rats, each eating a red chili pepper, decorate this kozuka. The rats and peppers are made in gold inlay. Rats are associated with the god of good fortune, Daikoku, as a reminder that treasure must be guarded.

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14827
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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