Kashira with a Gourd and a Horse

19th century (?) (Edo) L: 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm) Citation Source image

The kashira is designed in the shape of a gourd. A horse is shown emerging from the side of the gourd. This is an illustration of the idiom "like a horse coming out of a gourd," which is used to describe unexpected things. The saying may have developed from stories of the Chin...

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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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Japanese
माध्यम
copper, gold

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