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Model of a grain mill
Model of a grain mill

Model of a grain mill

Object number33.33
Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, Chinese Art Society of America, Asia House, Arts of Han Dynasty, 1961. Los Angeles, California, Fowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles, The Art of Rice: Spirit and Sustenance in Asia, Oct. 4, 2003 - Apr. 30, 2004. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Timeless Grandeur: Art from China, Apr. 25, 2002 - June 12, 2005. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing.Published ReferencesTrubner, Henry, John D. Rockerfeller 3rd, Myron S. Falk Jr, and H.T., Arts of the Han Dynasty: Chinese Art Society of America Asia House, in Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America, Vol. 14 (1960), p. 2-3, 5-48, illus no. 11. Foong, Ping, Xiaojin Wu, and Darielle Mason. "An Asian Art Museum Transformed." Orientations vol. 51, no. 3 (May/June 2020): p. 61, reproduced fig. 22 (installation view).
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions5 5/8 x 8 x 5 1/2 in. (14.29 x 20.32 x 13.97 cm)
MediumEarthenware with green lead-fluxed glaze
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