Japanese - Tsuka with Chinese Figures - Walters 5111922b - Detail A

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Japanese - Tsuka with Chinese Figures - Walters 5111922b - Detail A

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The two menuki on this tsuka are in the shape of standing Chinese figures. On the front is a woman holding a fan. She may be the Queen Mother of the West, who had an orchard of peaches that granted immortality. The figure on the reverse is a man carrying a peach on a tray. This is part of a mounted set.

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1850
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Walters Art Museum
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