Kashira Remounted as a Box Lid with Taoist Immortal Koreijin

Original: 18th century (?); Mounted: late 19th-early 20th century (Edo-Meiji)

3.7 cm 2.6 cm

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This kashira from a Japanese sword was refashioned into a lid for the box made out of its matching fuchi (Walters 51.1330A). The Taoist immortal Koreijin (Ch. Gu Lingren) is shown with his white tiger.

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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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