Object Title
Pleasure Tower
Measurements
44 ½ x 18 3/16 x 20 3/8 in. (113 x 47.8 x 51.8 cm)
Creation Date
2nd–3rd century CE
Credit Line
Gift of Nancy and Ed Rosenthal
Museum Name
Museum Contact
info@daytonart.org
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://collection.daytonartinstitute.org/objects/25970/pleasure-tower?ctx=7b1a512a-89d6-4b2a-9498-aea9e4536d9b&idx=6
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Tang Dynasty, or earlier (618–907 CE)
Provenance Information
Acquired by The Ezekiel and Lillian Schloss Collection (New York) from Earl Morse before 1988; sold by Lillian Schloss to Nancy and Ed Rosenthal (Cincinnati) in September 1993; donated by Nancy and Ed Rosenthal to the Dayton Art Institute in March 2022.
Exhibition Information
“Into the Afterlife: Han and Six Dynasties Tomb Sculptures from the Schloss Collection,” Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York (September 28–November 25, 1990);
“O Soul, Come Back!: The World of the Han Dynasty Tomb,” Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Gallery, Columbia University, New York (March 24–June 5, 1993);
“Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art,” Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio (November 7, 2008–January 11, 2009).
“O Soul, Come Back!: The World of the Han Dynasty Tomb,” Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Gallery, Columbia University, New York (March 24–June 5, 1993);
“Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art,” Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio (November 7, 2008–January 11, 2009).
Publication Information
Candice J. Lewis, Into the Afterlife: Han and Six Dynasties Tomb Sculptures from the Schloss Collection (exh. cat., Poughkeepsie NY: Vassar College Art Gallery, 1990), Cat. 25;
Candice J. Lewis, “Tall Towers of the Han,” Orientations 27 (August 1990), 53;
James M. Keller, “Ancient Chinese Creatures on Parade: A Vassar College Art Gallery Exhibition,” Hudson Valley (November 1990), 50–55;
Art of China [中國文物世界] 77 (January 1992), 32;
David A. Sensabaugh, “O Soul, Come Back!: The World of the Han Dynasty Tomb,” (exh. brochure, NY: Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Gallery, Columbia University, 1993), cover;
Holland Cotter, “Pleasures from Life, Extended in the Tomb,” The New York Times, Friday, May 14, 1993;
“55. Green-glazed Earthenware Pavilion,” Kaikodo Journal (Spring 1998), 268, Fig. 2;
Virginia Bower, Sarah Handler, and Jon Burris, Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art (Cincinnati, OH: Taft Museum of Art, 2008), cover, Fig. 7.
Candice J. Lewis, “Tall Towers of the Han,” Orientations 27 (August 1990), 53;
James M. Keller, “Ancient Chinese Creatures on Parade: A Vassar College Art Gallery Exhibition,” Hudson Valley (November 1990), 50–55;
Art of China [中國文物世界] 77 (January 1992), 32;
David A. Sensabaugh, “O Soul, Come Back!: The World of the Han Dynasty Tomb,” (exh. brochure, NY: Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Gallery, Columbia University, 1993), cover;
Holland Cotter, “Pleasures from Life, Extended in the Tomb,” The New York Times, Friday, May 14, 1993;
“55. Green-glazed Earthenware Pavilion,” Kaikodo Journal (Spring 1998), 268, Fig. 2;
Virginia Bower, Sarah Handler, and Jon Burris, Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art (Cincinnati, OH: Taft Museum of Art, 2008), cover, Fig. 7.
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
The work has provenance to 1988 and has been exhibited and published since then. It was also checked against the Art Loss Registry by the previous owner in June 2012. This is an important addition to the Dayton Art Institute and the greater Miami Valley region as it is stylistically significantly different from a work of the same period in the collection. Its acquisition helps further scholarly research on and public enjoyment of the dynamic and diverse achievements of ceramics in Chinese history and culture.