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Source Description
The fuchi is decorated with bush clover, fringed pink, mist flower, and arrowroot. These are four of the seven autumn grasses that were celebrated in ancient Japanese poetry. The other three on the matching kashira, Walters 51.1063.
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Document identity
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25789
label
Fuchi with Autumn Flowers
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object
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2
Source metadata
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25789
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object
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normalized
title
Fuchi with Autumn Flowers
description
The fuchi is decorated with bush clover, fringed pink, mist flower, and arrowroot. These are four of the seven autumn grasses that were celebrated in ancient Japanese poetry. The other three on the matching kashira, Walters 51.1063.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
19th century (Edo)
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CC0
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en
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Arms & Armor
fuchi
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2
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2
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import
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1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm) (l.)
Source extras
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Japanese
inscriptions
none
RelatedObjects
28004
med
shakudo, gold, silver, copper
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6194
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JMA
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none
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1
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photo
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0e5462c31a2f3782
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no
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2
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photo
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19b58e4fb95671c5
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