Object Title
Basin (pen) with Abstract Decoration
Measurements
7 x 17 1/2 x 16 inches
Creation Date
c.3000 BC
Credit Line
Saint Louis Art Museum, Bequest of Edith J. and C. C. Johnson Spink
Museum Name
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
www.slam.org
Provenance Information
by 1988
Charlotte Horstmann & Gerald Godfrey Ltd., Hong Kong;
1989 - 2011
C. C. Johnson Spink (1916–1992) and Edith J. Spink (1921–2011), St. Louis, MO, USA, purchased from Charlotte Horstmann & Gerald Godfrey Ltd.;
2014
Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Edith J. and C. C. Johnson Spink
Charlotte Horstmann & Gerald Godfrey Ltd., Hong Kong;
1989 - 2011
C. C. Johnson Spink (1916–1992) and Edith J. Spink (1921–2011), St. Louis, MO, USA, purchased from Charlotte Horstmann & Gerald Godfrey Ltd.;
2014
Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Edith J. and C. C. Johnson Spink
Exhibition Information
None known
Publication Information
None known
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
In a letter dated August 16, 1988, C.C. Johnson Spink wrote to a Hong Kong dealer explaining that his purchase was “destined for the St. Louis Art Museum” and that “the collection…will be given to the Museum at some future date.” This object was part of a collection of 215 works of Chinese or Japanese origin, collected by C. C. Johnson Spink and Edith J. Spink from the 1970s through the 1990s. The Museum formally received the collection by bequest in 2014.