Provenance Information

before 1967/1969 in the Philippines; 1967/1969 - 2010 collection of Dr. Joseph F. Metz, Jr. (b. 1924), Ithaca (acquired in the Philippines); 2010 collection of Mark J. Metz (b. c.1961), Las Vegas, NV (acquired from Dr. Metz); 2010 Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Mark J. Metz)

Exhibition Information

None

Publication Information

None

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 was in the collection of Dr. Joseph F. Metz, Jr., Ithaca, NY from around 1967/1969, when he acquired it in the Philippines, until 2010, as per correspondence dated Jul-3-2010 and Jan-12-2011, on file.

Provenance Information

before 1967/1969 in the Philippines; 1967/1969 - 2010 collection of Dr. Joseph F. Metz, Jr. (b. 1924), Ithaca (acquired in the Philippines); 2010 collection of Mark J. Metz (b. c.1961), Las Vegas, NV (acquired from Dr. Metz); 2010 Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Mark J. Metz)

Exhibition Information

None

Publication Information

None

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 was in the collection of Dr. Joseph F. Metz, Jr., Ithaca, NY from around 1967/1969, when he acquired it in the Philippines, until 2010, as per correspondence dated Jul-3-2010 and Jan-12-2011, on file.

Provenance Information

before 1967/1969 in the Philippines; 1967/1969 - 2010 collection of Dr. Joseph F. Metz, Jr. (b. 1924), Ithaca (acquired in the Philippines); 2010 collection of Mark J. Metz (b. c.1961), Las Vegas, NV (acquired from Dr. Metz); 2010 Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Mark J. Metz)

Exhibition Information

None

Publication Information

None

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 was in the collection of Dr. Joseph F. Metz, Jr., Ithaca, NY from around 1967/1969, when he acquired it in the Philippines, until 2010, as per correspondence dated Jul-3-2010 and Jan-12-2011, on file.

Provenance Information

before 1967/1969 in the Philippines; 1967/1969 - 2010 collection of Dr. Joseph F. Metz, Jr. (b. 1924), Ithaca (acquired in the Philippines); 2010 collection of Mark J. Metz (b. c.1961), Las Vegas, NV (acquired from Dr. Metz); 2010 Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Mark J. Metz)

Exhibition Information

None

Publication Information

None

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 was in the collection of Dr. Joseph F. Metz, Jr., Ithaca, NY from around 1967/1969, when he acquired it in the Philippines, until 2010, as per correspondence dated Jul-3-2010 and Jan-12-2011, on file.

Provenance Information

before 1967/1969 in the Philippines; 1967/1969 - 2010 collection of Dr. Joseph F. Metz, Jr. (b. 1924), Ithaca (acquired in the Philippines); 2010 collection of Mark J. Metz (b. c.1961), Las Vegas, NV (acquired from Dr. Metz); 2010 Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Mark J. Metz)

Exhibition Information

None

Publication Information

None

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 was in the collection of Dr. Joseph F. Metz, Jr., Ithaca, NY from around 1967/1969, when he acquired it in the Philippines, until 2010, as per correspondence dated Jul-3-2010 and Jan-12-2011, on file.

Provenance Information

Estate of Professor Max Loehr (1903-1988). The spearhead was reportedly acquired in Beijing in the 1930s and brought to the United States by Prof. Loehr in 1949.

Exhibition Information

Unknown

Publication Information

Published in J.J. Lally & Co., Chinese Archaic Jades and Bronzes from the Estate of Professor Max Loehr and Others, New York, 1993, no.111

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

Provenance states object was acquired in Beijing in the 1930s and brought to the US in 1949.

Provenance Information

by 1929 Adolphe René Louis Stoclet (1871–1949) and Suzanne Stevens Stoclet (1874–1949), Brussels, Belgium; 1949 Heirs of Adolphe Stoclet and Suzanne Stevens Stoclet, administered by the Société anonyme (SA) "Compagnie immobilière SAS" [Suzanne et Adolphe Stoclet]; 1975 Eskenazi Limited (Giuseppe Eskenazi), London, England, purchased from the heirs of Adolphe Stoclet and Suzanne Stevens Stoclet; 1979
Rare Art, Inc. (Alan S. Hartman), New York, NY, purchased from Eskenazi Limited; 1981 C. C. Johnson Spink (1916–1992) and Edith J. Spink (1921–2011), St. Louis, MO; 2014 Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Edith J. and C. C. Johnson Spink

Exhibition Information

1929, Berlin, Venue Unknown (Versanstaltet von der Gesellschaft fur Ostasiatische Kunst und der Preukischen Akademie der Kunste Berlin)

1935-6, International Exhibition of Chinese Art, London, Royal Academy

Publication Information

Ausstellung Chinesischer Kunst (Berlin: Wurfel Verlag, 1929), catalogue number 3, page 33;

Osvald Siren, A History of Chinese Art (London: Ernest Benn, 1929), plate 27A;

Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, 1935-6 (London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1935), catalogue number 200, page 18;

Christian Deydier, Chinese Bronzes (New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1980), catalogue number 7, page 216

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

In a letter dated August 16, 1988, C.C. Johnson Spink wrote to a Hong Kong dealer explaining that his purchase was “destined for the St. Louis Art Museum” and that “the collection…will be given to the Museum at some future date.” This object was part of a collection of 215 works of Chinese or Japanese origin, collected by C. C. Johnson Spink and Edith J. Spink from the 1970s through the 1990s. The Museum formally received the collection by bequest in 2014.

Provenance Information

Kaikodo, New York, NY, USA and Kamakura, Japan;
1998 Edith J. Spink (1921–2011), St. Louis, MO, USA, purchased from Kaikodo; 2014 Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Edith J. and C. C. Johnson Spink

Exhibition Information

None known.

Publication Information

Kaikodo Journal (New York: Kaikodo, 1998), catalogue number 37.

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

In a letter dated August 16, 1988, C.C. Johnson Spink wrote to a Hong Kong dealer explaining that his purchase was “destined for the St. Louis Art Museum” and that “the collection…will be given to the Museum at some future date.” This object was part of a collection of 215 works of Chinese or Japanese origin, collected by C. C. Johnson Spink and Edith J. Spink from the 1970s through the 1990s. The Museum formally received the collection by bequest in 2014.

Provenance Information

J. J. Lally & Co., New York, NY; 1994 Edith J. Spink (1921–2011), St. Louis, MO, purchased from J. J. Lally & Co.; 2014 Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Edith J. and C. C. Johnson Spink

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

In a letter dated August 16, 1988, C.C. Johnson Spink wrote to a Hong Kong dealer explaining that his purchase was “destined for the St. Louis Art Museum” and that “the collection…will be given to the Museum at some future date.” This object was part of a collection of 215 works of Chinese or Japanese origin, collected by C. C. Johnson Spink and Edith J. Spink from the 1970s through the 1990s. The Museum formally received the collection by bequest in 2014.

Provenance Information

J. J. Lally & Co., New York, NY; Edith J. Spink (1921–2011), St. Louis, MO, purchased from J. J. Lally & Co.; 2014 Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Edith J. and C. C. Johnson Spink

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

In a letter dated August 16, 1988, C.C. Johnson Spink wrote to a Hong Kong dealer explaining that his purchase was “destined for the St. Louis Art Museum” and that “the collection…will be given to the Museum at some future date.” This object was part of a collection of 215 works of Chinese or Japanese origin, collected by C. C. Johnson Spink and Edith J. Spink from the 1970s through the 1990s. The Museum formally received the collection by bequest in 2014.