Fuchi with Chôryô Holding Kôsekikô's Shoe

ca. 1800 (Edo) 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm) (l.) Citation Source image

The figure on this fuchi is the Chinese government minister Chôryô (Ch. Zhang Liang [Chang Liang]), who lived in the 3rd century BC. In his hand is a shoe belonging to the legendary elder Kôsekikô (Ch. Huangshi Gong [Hwang Shi Kung]). While riding a mule across a bridge, Kôsek...

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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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