Figure of Li Bai

1662 - 1722

This figure in famille verte style represents the drunken and soundly sleeping Li Bai, the romantic Tang poet. The enamels were painted directly on to the prefired but unglazed porcelain body, which gives a slightly matte effect to the surface.

Hard paste porcelain

3 3/4 x 6 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (9.53 x 15.88 x 8.89 cm)

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

45.16

Photo: Paul Macapia

Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe", February 17, 2000-May 7, 2000 (2/17/2000 - 5/7/2000)

Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, "Gift to a City: Masterworks from the Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection in the Seattle Art Museum", cat. # 55

Published References"Gift to a City" exhibition catalogue. Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 1965, cat. no. 55

Emerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates. "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 2000, p. 188

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