Bowl with griffin's head
Date4th-3rd century BCE
Maker
Chinese
Label TextFor millennia, the Silk Road connected Mediterranean ports to the Central Asian desert to China, Korea, and Japan. This vast network of caravan trails brought foreign goods, ideas, and customs to China. This bowl’s griffin motif—an exotic image from a western civilization—must have stirred the user’s imagination.
Object number46.95
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, "Chinese Art: A Seattle Perspective", December 22, 2007 - July 26, 2009 (12/22/2007 - 7/26/2009)
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing.Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions1 3/4 x 4 x 3 7/8 in. (4.4 x 10.1 x 9.8 cm)
MediumSilver, gilt, turquoise, and stone
Chinese
late 8th - early 9th century
Object number: 45.61.1
Chinese
late 8th to early 9th century
Object number: 45.61.2
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