Object Title
Covered jar with two animal-mask handles
Measurements
H. 8 1/2 in x Diam. 11 in, H. 21.6 cm x Diam. 27.9 cm
Creation Date
206 BCE - 9 CE
Credit Line
Gift of Marvin and Pat Gordon
Museum Name
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://asianart.emuseum.com/view/objects/asitem/items$0040:1655
Provenance Information
Collection of Shoji Hamada (1894-1978); sold by his son to London Gallery, Ltd. (Tokyo), in the early 1980s; sold by London Gallery, Ltd. to Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Gordon, 1990; gift from Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Gordon to the Asian Art Museum, 2009.
Note: The Asian Art Museum contacted Tajima Mitsura, the proprietor of London Gallery, for additional information on the work's provenance. Mr. Tajima purchased the work in the early 1980s from a private Japanese collection. "I bought it over 20 years ago in the early 1980s from the son of Shoji Hamada (1894-1978), to whom it belonged at the time. Mr. Hamada was one of Japan's greatest potters in the 20th century and had amassed quite a collection of ceramic wares throughout his life. After he died in 1978, his son privately sold some pieces from the collection, and this was one of them."
Note: The Asian Art Museum contacted Tajima Mitsura, the proprietor of London Gallery, for additional information on the work's provenance. Mr. Tajima purchased the work in the early 1980s from a private Japanese collection. "I bought it over 20 years ago in the early 1980s from the son of Shoji Hamada (1894-1978), to whom it belonged at the time. Mr. Hamada was one of Japan's greatest potters in the 20th century and had amassed quite a collection of ceramic wares throughout his life. After he died in 1978, his son privately sold some pieces from the collection, and this was one of them."
Exhibition Information
None that the museum is aware of
Publication Information
None that the museum is aware of
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
While the object was not formally accessioned until 2009, it was offered as a gift prior to the establishment of the guidelines. It is also believed to have been outside of the country of modern discovery by 1970.