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Photo: Paul Macapia
Portuguese with kylin
Photo: Paul Macapia

Portuguese with kylin

Dateearly 19th century
Maker Gyokuyosai Japanese
Object number33.487
Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Legends, Tales, Poetry: Visual Narrative in Japanese Art, December 22, 2012 - July 21, 2013 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Refined Harmony: Decorative Arts from the Edo Period, March 7, 2003 - March 23, 2004 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Japan Envisions the West: 16th - 19th Century Japanese Art from the Kobe City Museum, October 7, 2007 - January 8, 2008Published ReferencesFuller, 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. 188 Shirahara, Yukiko, Japan Envisions the West: 16th - 19th Century Japanese Art from the Kobe City Museum, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 2007, pl. 112a, p. 151
Credit LineDuncan MacTavish Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions2 7/8 x 1 3/8 x 7/8 in. (7.3 x 3.49 x 2.22 cm)
MediumIvory
two views
Chinese
1736-1795
Object number: 33.1028
two views
Chinese
late 18th - early 19th century
Object number: 33.925
Tortoise Shell and Ivory Snuff Tray
Chinese
1760-1840
Object number: 33.1037
Rectangular Snuff Tray:  Floral Decoration
Chinese
1735-1795
Object number: 33.1038
Snuff bottle: Boy and Fruit
Chinese
late 19th century
Object number: 33.1107
Snuff bottle: Boy and Fruit
Chinese
late 19th century
Object number: 33.1108
Snuff Bottle: Four Figures from Chinese Folk Tales
Japanese
ca. 1900
Object number: 33.1180
Japanese
20th century
Object number: 48.92
Japanese
20th century
Object number: 48.93
Snuff bottle:  Fu-Dogs Playing Among Clouds with Ribbons
Chinese
18th century
Object number: 33.1555