Object Title
Relief Figure
Measurements
18 1/2 × 12 × 6 in. (47 × 30.5 × 15.2 cm)
Creation Date
A.D. 500-800
Credit Line
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Candace P. and W. Michael Humphreys
Museum Name
Museum Contact
Lynley J. McAlpine, PhD <Lynley.McAlpine@samuseum.org>
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://sanantonio.emuseum.com/objects/26569/relief-figure?ctx=5808ba5ac226d259f74d8c75b5b0a91c39afa174&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Prior to AD 1550
Provenance Information
Acquired by private collector, Connecticut, between 1962-1968; sold by private collector at Sotheby’s, New York, May 14, 1996, lot 176. Sold, Sotheby’s, New York, May 11, 2012, lot 52, to Candace P. Humphreys and W. Michael Humphreys, San Antonio; unsold, Sotheby’s, New York, May 13, 2019, lot 128; Candace P. Humphreys and W. Michael Humphreys, by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 2024.
Exhibition Information
N/A
Publication Information
N/A
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Informed judgement that works were outside of the country of modern discovery before 1970
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Previous sale catalogue and a letter on file from a previous owner attest that the work was first purchased between 1962-1968.