Provenance Information

Harold Kaye [1914-1974], New York, NY and London; 1958, lent to the Worcester Art Museum; 2016, acquired by the Worcester Art Museum in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 200B: Disposition of Museum Property.

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

N/A

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

The object was loaned to the Worcester Art Museum in 1958. In 2016, after an extended attempt to locate the heirs of the lender, the work was considered abandoned property and legal title was transferred to the Museum according to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 200B: Disposition of Museum Property.

Provenance Information

Harold Kaye [1914-1974], New York, NY and London; by 1957, lent to the Worcester Art Museum; 2016, acquired by the Worcester Art Museum in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 200B: Disposition of Museum Property.

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

N/A

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

The object was loaned to the Worcester Art Museum in 1957. In 2016, after an extended attempt to locate the heirs of the lender, the work was considered abandoned property and legal title was transferred to the Museum according to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 200B: Disposition of Museum Property.

Provenance Information

Harold Kaye [1914-1974], New York, NY and London; by 1957, lent to the Worcester Art Museum; 2016, acquired by the Worcester Art Museum in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 200B: Disposition of Museum Property.

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

N/A

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

The object was loaned to the Worcester Art Museum in 1957. In 2016, after an extended attempt to locate the heirs of the lender, the work was considered abandoned property and legal title was transferred to the Museum according to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 200B: Disposition of Museum Property.

Provenance Information

Harold Kaye [1914-1974], New York, NY and London; by 1957, lent to the Worcester Art Museum; 2016, acquired by the Worcester Art Museum in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 200B: Disposition of Museum Property.

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

N/A

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

The object was loaned to the Worcester Art Museum in 1957. In 2016, after an extended attempt to locate the heirs of the lender, the work was considered abandoned property and legal title was transferred to the Museum according to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 200B: Disposition of Museum Property.

Provenance Information

Harold Kaye [1914-1974], New York, NY and London; by 1957, lent to the Worcester Art Museum; 2016, acquired by the Worcester Art Museum in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 200B: Disposition of Museum Property.

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

N/A

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

The object was loaned to the Worcester Art Museum in 1957. In 2016, after an extended attempt to locate the heirs of the lender, the work was considered abandoned property and legal title was transferred to the Museum according to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 200B: Disposition of Museum Property.

Provenance Information

Daniel M. Friedenberg (1923–2011), New York, 1981; sale, Sothebys, New York, May 15, 2003, lot 224; sold to Peter David Joralemon, New York, May 15, 2003 (inv. no. PCS324) (on loan to the Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, location, 2003–08); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2008

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

Hasso Von Winning, The John-Platt Collection of Pre-Columbian Art (Charlottesville, Va.: University of Virginia, 1986), 51, no. 68, ill.;;"Acquisitions 2009," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009): 144.;;

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Informed judgement that works were outside of the country of modern discovery before 1970

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

N/A

Provenance Information

Charles E. Rogers, Guilford, Conn., by 2002; bequeathed to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2003

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

"Acquisitions 2003," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2004): 137.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

N/A

Provenance Information

With Elie Borowski, Archaeologie Classique et du Proche-Orient, Basel, Switzerland, by May 1970; sold to André Matton (1914–2012), Dannemoine par Tonnerre, Yonne, France, May, 13 1970 [see note 1]; by descent to his son, Patrick Matton, France; sold to Walter Banko Co., Ltd., Montreal, by November 2009; sold to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2010

Note 1: Invoice, Elie Borowski Archaeologie Classique et du Proche-Orient, May 13, 1970, original in accession file

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

Klaus Fittschen, Prinzenbildnisse Antoninischer Zeit (Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1999).;;Jock Reynolds, "Director's Report: July 1, 2009–June 30, 2010," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2010): 12–13, ill.;;"Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed 2012).

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Informed judgement that works were outside of the country of modern discovery before 1970

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

N/A

Provenance Information

Probably acquired in the 1960s by Robert R. Charles [American, 1938-2020], who served as a Peace Corps Staff member in northeastern Thailand from 1965-1968; 2011, gifted to the Worcester Art Museum by Robert R. Charles.

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

N/A

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 acquired during the 1960s (ca. 1965-1968) when the previous owner was on assignment in northeastern Thailand as a Peace Corps Staff member.

Provenance Information

Acquired by private collector, Connecticut, between 1962-1968; sold by private collector at Sotheby’s, New York, May 14, 1996, lot 176. Sold, Sotheby’s, New York, May 11, 2012, lot 52, to Candace P. Humphreys and W. Michael Humphreys, San Antonio; unsold, Sotheby’s, New York, May 13, 2019, lot 128; Candace P. Humphreys and W. Michael Humphreys, by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 2024.

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

N/A

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Informed judgement that works were outside of the country of modern discovery before 1970

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Previous sale catalogue and a letter on file from a previous owner attest that the work was first purchased between 1962-1968.