At the time of the Anglo-French Expeditionary Force, it even fell into the hands of Japanese collectors. It survived the Kanto earthquake and the Allied bombings of Japan, and in 1987 it was bought back into the museum's collection with special funds.
它原本為清宮所藏，戰亂間兩度流落民間，英法聯軍之際，甚至落入日本藏家之手，歷經關東大災難和聯軍轟炸日本的危難。