2024.590

Object Title
Roof Tile with 'Dragon Monster'
Measurements
h. 8-1/2; w. 7-3/8; d. 1-3/4
Creation Date
Unified Silla (676–936)
Credit Line
Gift of James Conant in Memory of his mother, Ellen Conant
Museum Contact
provenance@denverartmuseum.org
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Prior to reunification of Korea under the state of Goryeo (918 CE)
Provenance Information
Probably purchase, Theodore Richards Conant [1926-2015], Republic of Korea (South Korea), about 1952; collection of Ellen Conant [1921-2023], New Hampshire, 1958; by descent, James Conant, Chicago, 2023; gift, Denver art Museum, 2024.
Exhibition Information
None
Publication Information
None
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
This object most probably acquired in the early 1950s and is one of many objects of this type available on the art market. It fills an important gap in DAM's early Korean ceramic collection and provides an opportunity to put this object in the public domain and facilitate future research.

2009.53.3

Object Title
Jar
Measurements
13 x 13 in. overall
Creation Date
5th-6th century
Credit Line
Estate of Rosa Ayer
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://seattleartmuseum.org/emuseum/code/emuseum.asp?style=browse&currentrecord=1&page=search&profile=objects&searchdesc=2009.53.3&quicksearch=2009.53.3&newvalues=1&newstyle=single&newcurrentrecord=1
Provenance Information
Rosa Ayer, Seattle, Washington, until 2009 (her death); bequest from Mrs. Ayer to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 31 December 2009
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
Mrs. Ayer pledged her collection to the museum prior to 2008 (signed pledge agreement on file, dated June 1996)
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