Object Title
Figure of an ox
Measurements
8 9/16 x 6 1/8 x 3 5/8 in. (21.7 x 15.6 x 9.2 cm)
Creation Date
5th or 8th century, Six Dynasties or Tang Dynasty
Credit Line
Gift of Professor and Mrs. M. H. Abrams
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://www.museum.cornell.edu/collections
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Tang Dynasty, or earlier (618-906 CE)
Provenance Information
n.d. collection of Fred Olsen, Guilford, CT; n.d. - 2008 collection of Professor and Mrs. Meyer H. Abrams, Ithaca, NY (acquired from Fred Olsen); 2008 Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (gift of Professor and Mrs. Meyer H. Abrams)
Exhibition Information
N/A
Publication Information
N/A
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Provenance for this work is established to before 2008, when it was given to the Museum by the donor: the object was purchased by the donor from another U.S. collector. This sculpture complements and helps contextualize the ceramic animal and court figures in our collection, and is the only example of its kind we hold.