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Haniwa woman; Burial figure

Haniwa woman; Burial figure

4th-6th century

Terracotta
30 1/8 x 10 x 6 1/2 in. (76.52 x 25.4 x 16.51 cm)
Overall h.: 31 3/4 in.
Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection
51.40
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Rabbit, Cat and Horse; Endearing Creatures in Japanese Art", December 21, 2002 - March 16, 2003
Published ReferencesKawano, Kazutaka, Shigeo Iida, Rui Ichimoto, Shogo Osawa, Masanori Kawano, and Ryo Yamamoto. "Survey of Japanese and Oriental Archaeological Works in the Collection of the Seattle Asian Art Museum," MUSEUM, no. 705 (April 2023): 5 (color), 37 (b&w). Tokyo National Museum, 2023.
Cf. 51.40, 51.104, 51.105, 52.119, 56.118, 56.120, 57.39, 59.133, 65.18, 76.35, 88.25, 93.69, 97.1, 99.28.

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. 8

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

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