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Haniwa chicken
Haniwa chicken

Haniwa chicken

Date6th century
Object number57.39
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Rabbit, Cat and Horse; Endearing Creatures in Japanese Art", December 21, 2002 - March 16, 2003 Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, "Gift to a City: Masterworks from the Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection in the Seattle Art Museum", cat. # 102Published 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): 39 (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. "Gift to a City" exhibition catalogue. Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 1965, cat. no. 102 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. 11
Credit LineMargaret E. Fuller Purchase Fund
Dimensions14 1/8 x 8 1/4 in. (35.88 x 20.96 cm) L.: 12 1/2 in.
MediumTerracotta
Haniwa woman; Burial figure
Japanese
4th-6th century
Object number: 51.40
Haniwa horse
Japanese
3rd-6th century
Object number: 51.42
Head of Haniwa Warrior
Japanese
6th-7th century
Object number: 49.86
Photo: Susan A. Cole
Japanese
1000-400 BCE
Object number: 76.35
Fragmentary figure
Indian
3rd millennium B.C. - 2nd century A.D.
Object number: 93.31
Fragmentary figure
Indian
3rd millennium B.C. - 2nd century A.D.
Object number: 93.32
Fragmentary figure
Indian
3rd millennium B.C. - 2nd century A.D.
Object number: 93.33
Fragmentary figure
Indian
3rd millennium B.C. - 2nd century A.D.
Object number: 93.34
Fragmentary figure
Indian
3rd millennium B.C. - 2nd century A.D.
Object number: 93.35
Fragmentary figure
Indian
3rd millennium B.C. - 2nd century A.D.
Object number: 93.36