Object Title
Stele with Seated Deity
Measurements
6 1/8 x 4 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. (15.6 x 11.1 x 5.4 cm)
Creation Date
14th–15th century
Credit Line
Gift of the Rubin-Ladd Foundation under the bequest of Ester R. Portnow
Museum Name
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/217962
Provenance Information
Private German collection, 1980s or 1990s; Kapoor Galleries, New York, September 2002; Rubin-Ladd Foundation, Georgetown, Conn., to 2017; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Exhibition Information
N/A
Publication Information
"Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017," https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/bulletin/Pub-Bull-acquisitions-2017.pdf (accessed December 1, 2017).
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
N/D
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Written testimony from the dealer that he purchased the object in the late 1980s or early 1990s.Research into ownership by prior donors, dealers and collectors still ongoing. YUAG accepted this gift in order to bring the object into a free, publicly accessible, educational institution, where it could be studied, displayed, and publicized.