Provenance Information

Acquired by J. J. Lally Co. (New York) in Hong Kong in 2005; sold by J. J. Lally Co. to Nancy and Ed Rosenthal (Cincinnati) in February 2007; donated by Nancy and Ed Rosenthal to the Dayton Art Institute in March 2022.

Exhibition Information

“Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art,” Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio (November 7, 2008–January 11, 2009);

“Fired Imagination: Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Family Collection,” Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio (January 5–July 24, 2022).

Publication Information

Virginia Bower, Sarah Handler, and Jon Burris, Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art (exh. cat., Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, 2008), Fig. 4.

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 work has provenance to 2005 and has been exhibited and published since then. It was also checked against the Art Loss Registry by the previous owner in June 2012. This is an important addition to the Dayton Art Institute and the greater Miami Valley region as there is no comparable example in the collection. Its acquisition helps further scholarly research on and public enjoyment of the dynamic and diverse achievements of ceramics in Chinese history and culture.

Provenance Information

Acquired by J. J. Lally Co. (New York) in Hong Kong in 1996; sold by J. J. Lally Co. to Nancy and Ed Rosenthal (Cincinnati) in September 1996; donated by Nancy and Ed Rosenthal to the Dayton Art Institute in March 2022.

Exhibition Information

“Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art,” Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio (November 7, 2008–January 11, 2009);

“Our Century: Dayton Area Collects,” Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio (June 29–September 22, 2019).

Publication Information

Virginia Bower, Sarah Handler, and Jon Burris, Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art (exh. cat., Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, 2008), Fig. 2.

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 work has provenance to 1996 and has been exhibited and published since then. It was also checked against the Art Loss Registry by the previous owner in June 2012. This is an important addition to the Dayton Art Institute and the greater Miami Valley region as there is no comparable example in the collection. Its acquisition helps further scholarly research on and public enjoyment of the dynamic and diverse achievements of ceramics in Chinese history and culture.

Provenance Information

[P. C. Lu & Sons Ltd. , Hong Kong, until 1986; sold to Irving]; Florence and Herbert Irving , New York (1986–2019; donated to MMA)

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 was designated as a promised gift by the Irvings in 1989.

Provenance Information

With Li En Zhu, Ridgefield, CT; sold to Donald W. McPhail and Ann E. McPhail, Philadelphia, March 28, 1998; gift to PMA, 2017.

Exhibition Information

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, "Gifts in Honor of the 125th Anniversary of the Philadelphia Museum of Art", September 9 - December 11, 2002.

Publication Information

Gifts in honor of the 125th anniversary of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2002), 3, 167, checklist 10.

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, Donald and Ann McPhail, signed a gift pledge agreement with the Philadelphia Museum of Art on January 2, 2002.

Provenance Information

With E. & J. Frankel, Ltd., New York, by 1997; sold to Donald W. McPhail and Ann E. McPhail, Philadelphia, April 13, 1997; gift to Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2017.

Exhibition Information

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, "Gifts in Honor of the 125th Anniversary of the Philadelphia Museum of Art", September 9 - December 11, 2002.

Publication Information

Gifts in honor of the 125th anniversary of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2002), 3, 170, checklist 30.

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, Donald and Ann McPhail, signed a gift pledge agreement with the Philadelphia Museum of Art on January 2, 2002.

Provenance Information

With E. & J. Frankel, Ltd., New York, by 1997; sold to Donald W. McPhail and Ann E. McPhail, Philadelphia, April 13, 1997; gift to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2017.

Exhibition Information

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, "Gifts in Honor of the 125th Anniversary of the Philadelphia Museum of Art", September 9 - December 11, 2002.

Publication Information

Gifts in honor of the 125th anniversary of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2002), 3, 170, checklist 30.

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, Donald and Ann McPhail, signed a gift pledge agreement with the Philadelphia Museum of Art on January 2, 2002.

Provenance Information

Purchased from Donald J. Wineman Fine Asian Art, New York, by Florence and Herbert Irving, New York in 1991; Collection of Florence and Herbert Irving, New York from 1991 to 2015, on loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1997 until donation to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2015.

Exhibition Information

None

Publication Information

Published on The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s online collection database. http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/39701?sortBy=Relevance&ft=2015.500.1.84*&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=1 as of July 2015

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 Round box and cover has been on long-term loan to the Museum since 1997.

Provenance Information

Thought to have been excavated in 1928 or 1929 in Mapocun, Luoyang. Around 1935, Hung Bochuan [1]. Published in Chinese catalogue by Rong Geng, Shang Zhou Yiqi Tongkao in 1941, no. 658. 1997-2015, Bernadette Berger, purchased from Sotheby's New York, sale 6963, lot 7; 2016, DAM collection, bequest of the Estate of Bernadette Berger.

[1] Published in 1935 Shier Jia Jijin Tulu by Shang Chengzuo, no. 15.

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

- Shang Chengzuo, Shier Jia Jijin Tulu, 1935. Zun 15.
- Rong Geng, Shang Zhou Yiqi Tongkao, 1941, vol 1. p.343, no. 658
- Sotheby's New York 3/19/1997, sale catalogue 6963, lot 7.

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

Bernadette Berger promised her collection of Chinese objects to the DAM in 1997.

Provenance Information

Acquired by Yeh family in 1919.

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

Cumulative facts and circumstances

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Acquired by Yeh family in 1919.

Provenance Information

n.d.-1995, Mark Zimmerman Gallery, Denver CO, acquired in Hong Kong; 1995-2015, collection of Mary Schumacher Stine, purchased from M. Zimmerman; 2015, Denver Art Museum, gift of Mary Schumacher Stine.

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

Provenance for this object is established to at least 1995, in Denver CO. Neolithic pots are very important to study the origin of the Chinese painted pottery, and the connections between prehistoric China and Central Asia. Between 5000-6000 years old, this is among the earliest pieces in our Chinese collection, and will be significant additions to our small existing collection of similar pottery. Similar objects have been excavated in northwest China since as early as the 1920s, the first by a Swedish archaeologist J. G. Anderson. Its acquisition by the Denver Art Museum facilitates research by scholars, as well as public enjoyment and understanding of China's Neolithic age.