Provenance Information

Sonam Tashi, Hong Kong, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, 1984, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2016, by gift.

Exhibition Information

Desire and Devotion: Art from India, Nepal, and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection (October 20, 2001-November 2, 2003) at the following venues: Walters Art Museum, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, The Albuquerque Museum, Birmingham Museum of Art, and
Hong Kong Museum of Art.

Publication Information

Luczanits, Christian. "Indian and Himalayan Collections at the Walters." Arts of Asia 39.1 (January-February 2009): 72-81; Pal, Pratapaditya. Desire and Devotion : Art From India, Nepal, and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection. Baltimore, Md. : Walters Art Museum ; London : Philip Wilson. 2001; Himalayan Art Resources no. 73885: http://www.himalayanart.org/items/73885.

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

A Memorandum of Understanding between the Walters Art Museum and John and Berthe Ford about this promised gift was signed September 1997. It was brought onsite to the Walters as a long-term loan in 2001.

Provenance Information

Chambers Interior and Industrial Design; Miss Dorothy McIlvain Scott, Baltimore, September 1971, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2012, by bequest.

Exhibition Information

None known

Publication Information

None known

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

This work was lent to the Walters as a promised gift from 1992 to 2011. It was bequeathed to the Walters in 2012.

Provenance Information

M. J. Nesco, Philadelphia; purchased by John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, March 30 1964; given to Walters Art Museum, 2011.

Exhibition Information

Desire and Devotion: Art from India, Nepal, and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara; Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong (2001-2003).

Publication Information

Pal, Pratapaditya. Desire and Devotion : Art From India, Nepal, and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection. Baltimore, Md. : Walters Art Museum ; London : Philip Wilson. 2001; Pal, Pratapaditya. Indo-Asian Art-The John Gilmore Ford Collection. Baltimore, Maryland: The Walters Art Gallery. 1971.

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

A Memorandum of Understanding between the Walters Art Museum and John and Berthe Ford about this promised gift was signed September 1997. It was brought onsite to the Walters as a long-term loan in 2001.

Provenance Information

Acquired in Hong Kong by Kaikodo, 1990s; purchased by the San Antonio Museum of Art, 2021.

Exhibition Information

N/a

Publication Information

Published in Kaikodo Journal v (Autumn 1997), no. 68.

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 plaque was acquired by Kaikodo in Hong Kong in 1990s. The plaque was published Kaikodo Journal V (Autumn 1997), no. 68 and Orientations, September 2006. This plaque expands SAMA’s important collection of works from the Liao dynasty (907-1125).

Provenance Information

a Japanese collection; acquired in Hong Kong from B. K. Wong by Kaikodo, 1993; purchased by the San Antonio Museum of Art, 2021.

Exhibition Information

N/a

Publication Information

Published in Kaikodo Journal III (Spring 1997), no. 49.

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 object was in a Japanese collection and then acquired by Kaikodo in Hong Kong, 1993. This object was published in Kaikodo Journal III (Spring, 1997), no.49. This crown expands SAMA’s important collection of works from the Liao dynasty (907-1125).

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 2000. SAMA accepted the object with incomplete provenance to make it publicly accessible. Well models frequently appeared in tombs of Han dynasty (202 BC-220 AD). This piece is the first well model added to SAMA's extensive Han dynasty tomb objects.

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).

Provenance Information

J.J. Lally & Co., New York, NY (1999); Mrs. Barbara S. Robinson, Cleveland, OH (2004-2023); gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art (2023)

Exhibition Information

None

Publication Information

None

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 qualifies for this exception as it is a gift or bequest to the museum stated prior to 2008. This is confirmed by a letter from the attorney of Barbara S. Robinson (now in museum files) attesting to Mrs. Robinson’s intent, memorialized in estate planning documents by 2007, to donate her collection of antiquities to the Cleveland Museum of Art following her death. This figure is a typical representation of Han dynasty funeral tomb figures that reflect the customs of elite culture in the region of today’s Sichuan province.

Provenance Information

Collection of Kai-Yin Lo, Hong Kong [1]; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 2011
[1] On loan to the Denver Art Museum, 1997

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

Work on loan since 1997; acquisition fills gap in collection.

Provenance Information

Collection of Kai-Yin Lo, Hong Kong [1]; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 2011 [1] On loan to the Denver Art Museum, 1997.

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

Work on loan since 1997; acquisition fills gap in collection.