Object Title
Five Female and Three Male Attendants
Measurements
Height of tallest figure, 11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm)
Creation Date
2nd–1st century BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Nancy and Ed Rosenthal
Museum Contact
info@daytonart.org
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://collection.daytonartinstitute.org/objects/25969/five-female-and-three-male-attendants?ctx=7b1a512a-89d6-4b2a-9498-aea9e4536d9b&idx=5
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Tang Dynasty, or earlier (618–907 CE)
Provenance Information
Acquired by Jonathan Tucker and Antonia Tozer (London) in the early 2000s; sold by Jonathan Tucker and Antonia Tozer to Nancy and Ed Rosenthal (Cincinnati) in April 2005; donated by Nancy and Ed Rosenthal to the Dayton Art Institute in March 2022.
Exhibition Information
“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
Virginia Bower, Sarah Handler, and Jon Burris, Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art (exh. cat., Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, 2008), Fig. 6.
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 the early 2000s 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 there is no comparable example 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.