Dragon-handled double amphora

581-618

Chinese

Porcelain with transparent glaze on white slip

6 7/8 x 4 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. (17.46 x 11.11 x 5.4 cm)

Thomas D. Stimson Memorial Collection

52.123

Photo: iocolor, LLP

Now on view at the Asian Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Glaze, Pattern and Image: Decoration in Chinese Ceramics, Sept. 7, 2002 - Nov. 19, 2002.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing.

Published ReferencesFoong, Ping, Xiaojin Wu, and Darielle Mason. "An Asian Art Museum Transformed." Orientations vol. 51, no. 3 (May/June 2020): pp. 51-52, reproduced fig. 9.

Foong, Ping, Xiaojin Wu, and Darielle Mason. "An Asian Art Museum Transformed." Orientations vol. 51, no. 3 (May/June 2020): p. 61, reproduced fig. 22 (installation view).

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