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Haniwa woman; Burial figure
Haniwa woman; Burial figure

Haniwa woman; Burial figure

Date4th-6th century
Object number51.40
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Rabbit, Cat and Horse; Endearing Creatures in Japanese Art", December 21, 2002 - March 16, 2003Published 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): 5 (color), 37 (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. 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. 8 "Handbook, Seattle Art Museum: Selected Works from the Permanent Collections." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1951, p. 84 (b&w)
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions30 1/8 x 10 x 6 1/2 in. (76.52 x 25.4 x 16.51 cm) Overall h.: 31 3/4 in.
MediumTerracotta
Haniwa horse
Japanese
3rd-6th century
Object number: 51.42
Haniwa chicken
Japanese
6th century
Object number: 57.39
Head and torso of a young woman
Indian
2nd century B.C.
Object number: 39.37
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
Fragmentary figure
Indian
3rd millennium B.C. - 2nd century A.D.
Object number: 93.37