Fuchi with Autumn Flowers

19th century (Edo) 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm) (l.) Citation Source image

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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25789
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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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