Recumbant ram vessel

3rd-4th century

The pose and treatment of the ears and horns on this vessel compare closely to the style found on 3rd-century porcelain in the form of rams. The front haunches have incised wing-like designs which end in three curves tipped by hair-line striations. Through a capped opening in the back, a one-inch-deep chamber is accessible.

Nephrite

2 x 3 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (5.08 x 8.26 x 3.18 cm)

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

33.76

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryLos Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum, Arts of the T'ang Dynasty, 1957.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, University Museum, Chinese Jades, 1962 (Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland Museum, 1963).

Stockholm, Sweden, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Celadon and Jade, 1963.

Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, Gift to a City: Masterworks from the Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection in the Seattle Art Museum, Nov. 3 - 28, 1965. Cat. no. 24.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Chinese Art: A Seattle Perspective, Dec. 22, 2007 - July 26, 2009.

Published ReferencesHandbook, Seattle Art Museum: Selected Works from the Permanent Collections, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1951, p. 51 (b&w)

Seattle Art Museum, Engagement Book, January 8, 1956

Los Angeles County Museum, Arts of the T'ang Dynasty, 1957, p. 108 [291].

Gift to a City exhibition catalogue. Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 1965, cat. no. 24

Seattle Art Museum, Engagement Book, 1972, no. 9.

Watt, James C. Y., Chinese Jades from the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1989, p. 56

Fuller, R.E., Chinese Jades in the Seattle Art Museum, The Lapidary Journal, XXVI: 76.

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