Ewer

late 15th century - early 16th century

Chinese

Nephrite

8 x 7 x 3 in. (20.32 x 17.78 x 7.62 cm)

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

33.77

Provenance: [Macy's]; purchased by the Fuller family, Seattle, Washington, between 1920-1933; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1933

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryDetroit, Michigan, Detroit Institute of Arts, Arts of Ming Dynasty, 1952.

Published ReferencesWaugh, Daniel C. "The Arts of China in Seattle." The Silk Road, vol. 12 (2014): pp. 137-152, reproduced p. 137, fig. 1.

Yiu, Josh. A Fuller View of China: Chinese Art in the Seattle Art Museum, in association with A Fuller View of China, Japan, and Korea. Seattle, Washington: Seattle Art Museum, in association with University of Washington Press, 2014; pp. 31-32, reproduced fig. 12.

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