Object Title
Large Yue-type southern celadon jar with "horns"
Measurements
H. 12 5/16 in. (31.3 cm)
Creation Date
Song dynasty (960-1279)
Credit Line
Acquired through the generosity of Judith Stoikov, Class of 1963
Culture
Country of Origin
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
n/a
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Tang dynasty (618-906 AD) or earlier
Provenance Information
1930s-1959 collection of A.W. Bahr (1877-1959), Ridgefield, CT; 1959 estate of A.W. Bahr; 1959-early 1980s collection of Edna H. Bahr (d. 1986), Ridgefield, CT (by descent from her father A.W. Bahr); early 1980s-2014 collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (1929-2014), New York (purchased from Edna H. Bahr); (2014 with Zetterquist Galleries, New York (on consignment from Ellsworth); 2014 collection of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (purchased through Zetterquist Galleries)
Exhibition Information
Zetterquist Galleries, New York, NY, Chinese Monochromes, March 15 - March 22, 2014
Publication Information
Zetterquist, Eric. Chinese Monochromes [an exh. cat.]. (New York: Zetterquist Galleries, 2014).
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
Object was in the collection of Abel W. Bahr (1877-1959) before 1970, as per documentation, on file.