With oval eyes and small, pursed lips, this lady’s facial features are solemn and refined. Accessories may have been attached to the two openings in her squarish hat. Pottery figures like this one were part of a burial entourage for high-status individuals, including musicians, dancers, and attendants. The figures were modular—heads and arms were molded and fired separately from the body.
Earthenware with traces of white slip and paint
5 7/8 x 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (15 x 12 x 9.5 cm)
Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection
33.17
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Now on view at the
Asian Art Museum
Resources
Exhibition History
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian
Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing.
Seattle Art Museum respectfully acknowledges that we are on Indigenous land, the traditional territories of the Coast Salish people. We honor our ongoing connection to these communities past, present, and future.
