Object Title
Boar
Measurements
3 1/4 × 5 3/8 × 1 1/2 in. (8.3 × 13.7 × 3.8 cm)
Creation Date
386-535
Credit Line
San Antonio Museum of Art, anonymous gift
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/24083
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
907 CE (end of Tang Dynasty)
Provenance Information
acquired by J.J. Lally in Hong Kong; sold by J.J. Lally to anonymous collector, 2003; anonymous collector, by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 2022.
Exhibition Information
N/a
Publication Information
Not previously published.
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
This gift was accompanied by the donor's purchase receipt from J. J. Lally dating to 2003. SAMA accepted the object with incomplete provenance to make it publicly accessible. This sculpture of a boar expands SAMA's small collection of the Northern Wei dynasty (386-535).