woman from Kucha

 
Nationality
Chinese
Creation date
Dynasty
Sui dynasty
Materials
earthenware with straw glaze
Dimensions
H: 10 3/8 in.
Credit line
Given in memory of Louise Russell Bybee
Accession number
72.150.1
Collection
Currently On View In
Arthur R. and Frances D. Baxter Gallery - K306
(Yamanaka & Co., New York); {1} sold to Ruth Bybee Murphy, nee Milliken (Mrs. George A.) [b. about 1913], New York and Washington, Connecticut in 1932 or 1933; {2} "Given in Memory of Louise Russell Bybee" to Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1972 (72.150.1). {3}

{1} For information on Yamanaka & Co., see Thomas Lawton, "Yamanaka Sadajir?: Advocate for Asian Art," Orientations 26, January 1995, 80-93. Here it states the Yamanaka New York gallery was open from 1895 to 1944.
{2} For information on the Murphy family, see George A. Murphy's obituary in the New York Times, 4 December 2003.
{3} Louise Russell Bybee is the maternal aunt of Ruth Bybee Murphy. For information on ancestry of Louise Russell Bybee, see Lineage Book, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, vol. 43, Washington, D.C. 1916, no. 42877. IMA Temporary Receipt No. 9761.
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