Provenance Information

probably 1950s/1960s -1981 collection of Drs. Konrad Bekker (1911-1981) and Sarah Bekker McInteer (1923-2013), members of U.S. State Department and stationed in New Delhi, Yangon (then Rangoon), Berne, and Bangkok in the 1950s and 1960s; 1981 estate of Dr. Konrad Bekker; 1981-2013 collection of Dr. Sarah Bekker McInteer (by descent from husband); 2013 estate of Dr. Sarah Bekker McInteer; (2013 with Sloans & Kenyon Auction House, sold as lot #362 from the "Estate of Konrad and Sarah M. Bekker, Arlington, VA" in the "[Sale] 79[:] June Auction of Asian, Jewelry, & Art, June-14-2013", Chevy Chase, MD); 2013 collection of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (purchased through Sloans & Kenyon)

Exhibition Information

Sloans & Kenyon Auction House, Chevy Chase, MD, pre-sale exhibition for "[Sale] 79[:] June Auction of Asian, Jewelry, & Art, June-14-2013

Publication Information

"Sale 79 Lot 362 Thai Terracotta Head of Buddha", on http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/thai-terracotta-head-of-buddha,-lamphun,-hariphun-362-c-7e1f149008 (accessed Apr-15-2016).

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 object is believed to have been collected during the 1950s/1960s when the previous owners were on assignment for the U.S. State Department, as per correspondence on file.