Images(2)

Semitic peddler

Label TextThe peaked hat, heavy tunic, and boots here are similar to those worn by Scythians in Central Asia. Such burial figures are evidence of the interactions between Chinese and Jewish traders, which are also described in excavated texts.

Object number33.19

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Chinese Art: A Seattle Perspective, Dec. 22, 2007 - July 26, 2009. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing.Published ReferencesMahler, Jane Gaston. The Westerners Among the Figurines of the T'ang Dynasty of China. Serie orientale Roma, 20. Roma: Instituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, 1959. P. 58, pl.XVII,b. Prodan, Mario. The Art of the Tang Potter. London: Thames and Hudson, 1960. p. 139, pl. 83. Bowie, Theodore Robert. East-West in Art; Patterns of Cultural & Aesthetic Relationships. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1966. Waugh, Daniel C. "The Arts of China in Seattle." The Silk Road, vol. 12 (2014): pp. 137-152, reproduced p.144, fig. 21.

Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection

Dimensions10 1/8 x 3 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (25.7 x 9.5 x 14 cm)

MediumEarthenware with white slip and polychrome paint