Provenance Information

late 1980s or early 1990s possibly in Hong Kong; early 1990s - before 2004 possibly E&J Frankel, Ltd., New York (possibly from Hong Kong); by 2004 - 2008 collection of Eunice and Herbert Shatzman, Durham (purchased from Frankel); 2008 Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Eunice and Herbert Shatzman)

Exhibition Information

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, Heavenly Earth: Early Chinese Ceramics from the Shatzman Collection, June 5 – August 22, 2004

Publication Information

Avril, Ellen. Heavenly Earth: Early Chinese Ceramics from the Shatzman Collection [an exh. cat.]. (Ithaca: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 2004); ref. p. 23, cat. no. 12, color illus. p. 23.

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 donors pledged part of their collection, including this object, to the museum prior to 2008, as per correspondence dated 2001, on file.

Provenance Information

by 2004 - 2008 Eunice and Herbert Shatzman, Durham; 2008 collection of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Eunice and Herbert Shatzman)

Exhibition Information

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, Heavenly Earth: Early Chinese Ceramics from the Shatzman Collection, June 5 – August 22, 2004

Publication Information

Avril, Ellen. Heavenly Earth: Early Chinese Ceramics from the Shatzman Collection [an exh. cat.]. (Ithaca: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 2004); ref. p. 21-22, cat. no. 10, color illus. p. 21.

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 donors pledged part of their collection, including this object, to the museum prior to 2008, as per correspondence dated 2001, on file.

Provenance Information

by 2004 - 2008 Eunice and Herbert Shatzman, Durham; 2008 collection of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Eunice and Herbert Shatzman)

Exhibition Information

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, Heavenly Earth: Early Chinese Ceramics from the Shatzman Collection, June 5 – August 22, 2004

Publication Information

Avril, Ellen. Heavenly Earth: Early Chinese Ceramics from the Shatzman Collection [an exh. cat.]. (Ithaca: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 2004); ref. p. 21, cat. no. 9, color illus. and detail p. 21.

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 donors pledged part of their collection, including this object, to the museum prior to 2008, as per correspondence dated 2001, on file.

Provenance Information

by 2004 - 2008 Eunice and Herbert Shatzman, Durham; 2008 collection of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Eunice and Herbert Shatzman)

Exhibition Information

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, Heavenly Earth: Early Chinese Ceramics from the Shatzman Collection, June 5 – August 22, 2004

Publication Information

Avril, Ellen. Heavenly Earth: Early Chinese Ceramics from the Shatzman Collection [an exh. cat.] (Ithaca: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 2004); ref. p. 20-21, cat. no. 8, color illus. p. 20.

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 donors pledged part of their collection, including this object, to the museum prior to 2008, as per correspondence dated 2001, on file.

Provenance Information

by 2004 - 2008 Eunice and Herbert Shatzman, Durham; 2008 collection of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Eunice and Herbert Shatzman)

Exhibition Information

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, Heavenly Earth: Early Chinese Ceramics from the Shatzman Collection, June 5 – August 22, 2004; Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, February 6 – April 3, 2005

Publication Information

Avril, Ellen. Heavenly Earth: Early Chinese Ceramics from the Shatzman Collection [an exh. cat.]. (Ithaca: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 2004); ref. p. 16-17, cat. no. 5, color illus. p. 16. (diameter: 15.6 cm is correct, but inches are listed incorrectly)

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 donors pledged part of their collection, including this object, to the museum prior to 2008, as per correspondence dated 2001, on file.

Provenance Information

Unknown prior to gift by Dr. Sze.

Exhibition Information

Linking Asia exhibition, Denver Art Museum, 12/17/2017 – 4/1/2018; Asian Galleries, Denver Art Museum, 10/2022 - Present

Publication Information

Jiao, Tianlong. Caruso, Laura ed. Linking Asia: Art, Trade, and Devotion. Denver Art Museum. 2017:176.

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 of this gift the DAM held very few pieces of this period and style, and significant examples are rare. Questions arose about the stela's authenticity, so it entered the DAM's collection as a non-accessioned piece. Now accessioned into the DAM's permanent collection, it is hoped further research will offer more information.

Provenance Information

Private collection in Taiwan held base of Funerary Couch prior to February 2004; Private collection in Hong Kong held panels of the Funerary Couch prior to February 2004; Gisele Croës, Arts d'Extreme-Orient gallery, Brussels, Belgium, February 2004; Danese, Gisele Croës’ temporary gallery in New York, NY, March 2004; Shipped to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), Richmond, Virginia, May 2004. VMFA purchased this work in May of 2005 in order to bring it into a publicly accessible collection.
Since 2010, the work has been highlighted in the Collections section of VMFA’s website. The work has been on display in VMFA’s East Asian Gallery

Exhibition Information

The work was exhibited in “Ritual Objects and Early Buddhist Art” , Gallery Danese, 41 E. 57th Street, New York, NY, March 22 – 31, 2004; it was published in the accompanying catalogue:

Publication Information

Ritual Objects and Early Buddhist Art, Gisele Croës, Arts d'Extreme-Orient, Brussels, pp. 23-55, ill. 25-55.

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 acquisition was made prior to the AAMD guidelines of 2008. In this case, VMFA decided to make an exception to the 1970 rule in order to bring this object into a free, publicly accessible, educational institution, where it could be studied, displayed, and publicized.

Provenance Information

Mr. Ip Che collection; [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 1993]; purchased by Robert B. Dootson, Seattle, 14 April 1993; bequest from Mr. Dootson to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 11 November 2010

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

Mr. Dootson pledged his collection to the museum prior to 2008 (signed pledge agreement on file, dated December 2005)

Provenance Information

[J.J. Lally & Co. Oriental Art, New York, 1994]; purchased by Robert B. Dootson, Seattle, 5 March 1994; bequest from Mr. Dootson to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 11 November 2010

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

Mr. Dootson pledged his collection to the museum prior to 2008 (signed pledge agreement on file, dated December 2005)

Provenance Information

Anthony Hardy, Sze Yuan Tang Collection, Hong Kong; [Christie's New York, Sale of the Hardy Collection of Early Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art from the Sze Yuan Tang, 21 September 1995]; [J.J. Lally & Co. Oriental Art, New York] acting as agent for Robert B. Dootson, Seattle, 25 September 1995; bequest from Mr. Dootson to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 11 November 2010

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

Mr. Dootson pledged his collection to the museum prior to 2008 (signed pledge agreement on file, dated December 2005)