Provenance Information

Between the 1940s and 1960s, acquired in Mexico by a private collector (d. 1969), Houston, TX; by descent to his granddaughter, Tucson, AZ; 2003, sold by his granddaughter to Anthropos Gallery, Los Angeles; 2014, sold by Anthropos to Timothy Phillips, Boston; 2019, gift of Timothy Phillips to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 11, 2019)

Exhibition Information

None known.

Publication Information

None known.

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

According to information provided directly by the previous owner to the MFA, the acrobatic figure was in the possession of her family from sometime between the 1940s and 1960s until 2003. Because her grandfather passed away in 1969, we have every indication that it was out of its country of origin since before 1970.

Provenance Information

Between about 1963 and 1979, acquired in Panama by Dr. Glenn E. Murphy (b. 1922 – d. 2010), Balboa, Panama and New Smyrna Beach, FL [see note]; about 2000, sold by Dr. Murphy to Dr. Alan Grinnell, Los Angeles; 2014, sold by Dr. Grinnell to Anthropos Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA; 2014, sold by Anthropos Gallery to Timothy Phillips, Boston; 2019, gift of Timothy Phillips to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 11, 2019)

NOTE: Dr. Glen Murphy was an educator for the Panama Canal Zone government, who resided in Panama beginning in 1963. He had previously been there for the State Department as early as the 1950s. Dr. Murphy moved back to the United States with his household goods, including his collection of ceramics, in 1979.

Exhibition Information

None known.

Publication Information

None known.

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

At the time this dish was collected, Dr. Murphy was residing in the Panama Canal Zone, a territory of the United States. It was exported in early 1979, before Panama's 1982 legislation regarding antiquities was in place.

Provenance Information

Between about 1963 and 1979, acquired in Panama by Dr. Glenn E. Murphy (b. 1922 – d. 2010), Balboa, Panama and New Smyrna Beach, FL [see note]; about 2000, sold by Dr. Murphy to Dr. Alan Grinnell, Los Angeles; 2014, sold by Dr. Grinnell to Anthropos Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA; 2014, sold by Anthropos Gallery to Timothy Phillips, Boston; 2019, gift of Timothy Phillips to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 11, 2019)

NOTE: Dr. Glen Murphy was an educator for the Panama Canal Zone government, who resided in Panama beginning in 1963. He had previously been there for the State Department as early as the 1950s. Dr. Murphy moved back to the United States with his household goods, including his collection of ceramics, in 1979.

Exhibition Information

None known.

Publication Information

None known.

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

At the time this dish was collected, Dr. Murphy was residing in the Panama Canal Zone, a territory of the United States. It was exported in early 1979, before Panama's 1982 legislation regarding antiquities was in place.

Provenance Information

Between about 1963 and 1979, acquired in Panama by Dr. Glenn E. Murphy (b. 1922 – d. 2010), Balboa, Panama and New Smyrna Beach, FL [see note]; about 2000, sold by Dr. Murphy to Dr. Alan Grinnell, Los Angeles; 2014, sold by Dr. Grinnell to Anthropos Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA; 2014, sold by Anthropos Gallery to Timothy Phillips, Boston; 2019, gift of Timothy Phillips to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 11, 2019)

NOTE: Dr. Glen Murphy was an educator for the Panama Canal Zone government, who resided in Panama beginning in 1963. He had previously been there for the State Department as early as the 1950s. Dr. Murphy moved back to the United States with his household goods, including his collection of ceramics, in 1979.

Exhibition Information

None known.

Publication Information

None known.

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

At the time this dish was collected, Dr. Murphy was residing in the Panama Canal Zone, a territory of the United States. It was exported in early 1979, before Panama's 1982 legislation regarding antiquities was in place.

Provenance Information

Between about 1963 and 1979, acquired in Panama by Dr. Glenn E. Murphy (b. 1922 – d. 2010), Balboa, Panama and New Smyrna Beach, FL [see note]; about 2000, sold by Dr. Murphy to Dr. Alan Grinnell, Los Angeles; 2014, sold by Dr. Grinnell to Anthropos Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA; 2014, sold by Anthropos Gallery to Timothy Phillips, Boston; 2019, gift of Timothy Phillips to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 11, 2019)

NOTE: Dr. Glen Murphy was an educator for the Panama Canal Zone government, who resided in Panama beginning in 1963. He had previously been there for the State Department as early as the 1950s. Dr. Murphy moved back to the United States with his household goods, including his collection of ceramics, in 1979.

Exhibition Information

None known.

Publication Information

None known.

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

At the time this dish was collected, Dr. Murphy was residing in the Panama Canal Zone, a territory of the United States. It was exported in early 1979, before Panama's 1982 legislation regarding antiquities was in place.

Provenance Information

Between about 1963 and 1979, acquired in Panama by Dr. Glenn E. Murphy (b. 1922 – d. 2010), Balboa, Panama and New Smyrna Beach, FL [see note]; about 2000, sold by Dr. Murphy to Dr. Alan Grinnell, Los Angeles; 2014, sold by Dr. Grinnell to Anthropos Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA; 2014, sold by Anthropos Gallery to Timothy Phillips, Boston; 2019, gift of Timothy Phillips to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 11, 2019)

NOTE: Dr. Glen Murphy was an educator for the Panama Canal Zone government, who resided in Panama beginning in 1963. He had previously been there for the State Department as early as the 1950s. Dr. Murphy moved back to the United States with his household goods, including his collection of ceramics, in 1979.

Exhibition Information

None known.

Publication Information

None known.

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

At the time this dish was collected, Dr. Murphy was residing in the Panama Canal Zone, a territory of the United States. It was exported in early 1979, before Panama's 1982 legislation regarding antiquities was in place.

Provenance Information

Between the 1940s and 1960s, acquired in Mexico by a private collector (d. 1969), Houston, TX; by descent to his granddaughter, Tucson, AZ; 2003, sold by his granddaughter to Anthropos Gallery, Los Angeles; 2014, sold by Anthropos to Timothy Phillips, Boston; 2019, gift of Timothy Phillips to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 11, 2019)

Exhibition Information

None known.

Publication Information

None known.

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

According to information provided directly by the previous owner to the MFA, the Colima dog was in the possession of her family from sometime between the 1940s and 1960s until 2003. Because her grandfather passed away in 1969, we have every indication that it was out of its country of origin since before 1970.

Provenance Information

Between about 1963 and 1979, acquired in Panama by Dr. Glenn E. Murphy (b. 1922 – d. 2010), Balboa, Panama and New Smyrna Beach, FL [see note]; about 2000, sold by Dr. Murphy to Dr. Alan Grinnell, Los Angeles; 2014, sold by Dr. Grinnell to Anthropos Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA; 2014, sold by Anthropos Gallery to Timothy Phillips, Boston; 2019, gift of Timothy Phillips to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 11, 2019)

NOTE: Dr. Glen Murphy was an educator for the Panama Canal Zone government, who resided in Panama beginning in 1963. He had previously been there for the State Department as early as the 1950s. Dr. Murphy moved back to the United States with his household goods, including his collection of ceramics, in 1979.

Exhibition Information

None known.

Publication Information

None known.

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

At the time this vessel was collected, Dr. Murphy was residing in the Panama Canal Zone, a territory of the United States. It was exported in early 1979, before Panama's 1982 legislation regarding antiquities was in place.

Provenance Information

Between about 1963 and 1979, acquired in Panama by Dr. Glenn E. Murphy (b. 1922 – d. 2010), Balboa, Panama and New Smyrna Beach, FL [see note]; about 2000, sold by Dr. Murphy to Dr. Alan Grinnell, Los Angeles; 2014, sold by Dr. Grinnell to Anthropos Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA; 2014, sold by Anthropos Gallery to Timothy Phillips, Boston; 2019, gift of Timothy Phillips to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 11, 2019)

NOTE: Dr. Glen Murphy was an educator for the Panama Canal Zone government, who resided in Panama beginning in 1963. He had previously been there for the State Department as early as the 1950s. Dr. Murphy moved back to the United States with his household goods, including his collection of ceramics, in 1979.

Exhibition Information

None known.

Publication Information

None known.

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

At the time this vessel was collected, Dr. Murphy was residing in the Panama Canal Zone, a territory of the United States. It was exported in early 1979, before Panama's 1982 legislation regarding antiquities was in place.

Provenance Information

November 8, 1975, sold by the Galerie Uraeus, Paris, to Antoine (or Anton) Groth, Zurich; by descent within the family; April 15, 2015, consigned anonymously by a member of the Groth family, Christie’s, London (sale 10372), lot 160, to Walter Gilbert, Cambridge, MA; 2017, sold by Walter Gilbert to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 1, 2017)

Exhibition Information

None known.

Publication Information

None known.

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

These clappers were on the European market in 1975 (if not earlier), several years before Egypt’s law no. 117 went into effect in 1983. Although they cannot be traced all the way to 1970, clappers are common and relatively minor objects, making them difficult to trace. Further information from the Galerie Uraeus is not available.