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Figure of Li Bai

Date1662 - 1722
Label TextThis figure in famille verte style represents the drunken and soundly sleeping Li Bai, the romantic Tang poet. The enamels were painted directly on to the prefired but unglazed porcelain body, which gives a slightly matte effect to the surface.
Object number45.16
Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe", February 17, 2000-May 7, 2000 (2/17/2000 - 5/7/2000) Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, "Gift to a City: Masterworks from the Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection in the Seattle Art Museum", cat. # 55Published References"Gift to a City" exhibition catalogue. Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 1965, cat. no. 55 Emerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates. "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 2000, p. 188
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions3 3/4 x 6 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (9.53 x 15.88 x 8.89 cm)
MediumHard paste porcelain
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1977
Object number: 2012.6.1
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Lin Sanzhi
1978
Object number: 2012.6.2
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second half of 18th century
Object number: 33.1074
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ca. 1780
Object number: 87.142.117
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Russian, Gardner
ca. 1840
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ca. 1775
Object number: 76.126
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Meissen manufactory, German
ca. 1760
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Figure from the Craftsman Series: Tinsmith
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ca. 1750
Object number: 69.181
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Meissen manufactory, German
ca. 1750
Object number: 69.180
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Meissen manufactory, German
ca. 1750
Object number: 69.182
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German, Ludwigsburg
ca. 1768
Object number: 76.93