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Xu

8th century B.C.

Chinese

Bronze
9 1/2 x 8 7/16 x 15in. (24.1 x 21.5 x 38.1cm)
Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection
43.13
Provenance: Yamanaka & Co., Inc, United States, to 1942; [liquidation sale by Alien Property Custodian, Yamanaka & Co., Inc., 1943, lot 196]; purchased from Yamanaka Liquidation Sale by Seattle Art Museum, 1943
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Documents International: Reflections in the Mirror: A World of Identity", April 23, 1998 - June 20, 1999

Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Art Museum, "The Embodied Image: Chinese Calligraphy from the John B. Elliott Collection", February 8, 2001 - June 15, 2001, Venue: Seattle Art Museum

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, "Shu: Reinventing Books in Contemporary Chinese Art", August 9, 2007 - December 2, 2007 (8/9/2007 - 12/2/2007)

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