Kozuka with Lotus

ca. 1750-1775 (mid-late Edo) L: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) Citation Source image

A blooming lotus is in the center with a pod on the left and a large lotus leaf on the right. Lotus blossom from swampy water, so they are a metaphor for Buddha arising from the profane world.

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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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