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Mourning Bird-man (karura)

early 8th century

Japanese

Clay with gesso and polychrome

13 5/8 x 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. (34.61 x 15.88 x 15.88 cm)

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

50.57

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Japanese Art In The Seattle Art Museum", 1960 (1960)

Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, "Gift to a City: Masterworks from the Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection in the Seattle Art Museum", cat. # 104

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "A Thousand Cranes: Treasures Of Japanese Art", February 5 - July 12, 1987 (02/05/1987 - 07/12/1987)

Seattle, Washington, Seattle World's Fair, Fine Arts Pavilion, "Art Of The Ancient East", 1962 (1962)

Published References"Handbook, Seattle Art Museum: Selected Works from the Permanent Collections." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1951, p. 84 (b&w)

Fuller, Richard E. "Japanese Art in the Seattle Art Museum: An Historical Sketch." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1960 ("Presented in commemoration of the Hundredth Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and the United States of America"), no. 24

"Gift to a City" exhibition catalogue. Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 1965, cat. no. 104

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