Provenance Information

Dr. David Buchanan, a longtime supporter of the museum, purchased from Insulinde Indonesian Arts in 1988. It was acquired by the dealer from a Dutch collector who had inherited it from his grandfather, who had lived in Jakarta between 1910-1929.

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 acquisition falls within two exceptions. First, based on the results of provenance research, the Asian Art Museum can make an informed judgment that the object was outside its probable country of modern discovery before 1970. Second, the collection was promised to the Asian Art Museum prior to 2008.

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

This sculpture is part of a group of sculptures shipped from Vietnam to France in 1877. The vessel carrying the sculptures sank off the coast of Somalia. The sculptures were salvaged from the ocean floor in 1995 and sold at public auction in 2000.

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

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 sculpture is part of a group of sculptures shipped from Vietnam to France in 1877. The vessel carrying the sculptures sank off the coast of Somalia. The sculptures were salvaged from the ocean floor in 1995 and sold at public auction in 2000.

Provenance Information

This sculpture is part of a group of sculptures shipped from Vietnam to France in 1877. The vessel carrying the sculptures sank off the coast of Somalia. The sculptures were salvaged from the ocean floor in 1995 and sold at public auction in 2000.

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

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 sculpture is part of a group of sculptures shipped from Vietnam to France in 1877. The vessel carrying the sculptures sank off the coast of Somalia. The sculptures were salvaged from the ocean floor in 1995 and sold at public auction in 2000.

Provenance Information

Pan-Asian collection, Christian Humann (date of acquisition unknown; likely 1960s); on loan to Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1972-1977; acquired by Robert Ellsworth along with the rest of the collection after Humann's death in 1981; Robert Moore, Los Angeles (date of acquisition unknown); acquired from Robert Moore by Art Passages, 2011; purchased from Art Passages by the Asian Art Museum, 2012, acquisition made possible by Martha Hertelendy, with additional funding from Paul and Kathleen Bissinger, Fred M. Levin and Nancy Livingston, and Douglas Tilden.

Exhibition Information

Sensuous Immortals: A Selection of Sculptures from the Pan-Asian Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, October 25, 1977-January 15, 1978; Seattle Art Museum, March 9 – April 23, 1978; Denver Art Museum, May 26 – July 30, 1978; William Rockhill Nelson Gallery, Kansas City, September 15 – October 29, 1978.

Publication Information

Pratapaditya Pal, Sensuous Immortals: A Selection of Sculptures from the Pan-Asian Collection, (Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Cambridge, Mass.: distributed by the MIT Press, 1977), catalog no. 156.
Christie's New York, Indian and Southeast Asian Art Including 20th Century Indian Paintings, Thursday, 23 September 2004, Sale 1409, lot 59 [unsold].

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

Informed persons are convinced the piece was acquired in the 1960s. It was on loan to LACMA by 1972.

Provenance Information

Borisoothi Gallery, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Purchased from the above in 1988 by a private collector. Donated by the collector's heir to the Asian Art Museum in 2008.

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

Bought by long-term supporters of the museum in the 1980s with the intention to leave it as a bequest to the museum.

Provenance Information

Private collection, believed to have been purchased in Thailand in the 1980s. Donated by the collector's heir to the Asian Art Museum in 2008.

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

The object was bought in the 1980s by long-term supporters of the museum with the intention to leave it as a bequest to the museum.

Provenance Information

Collection of Shoji Hamada (1894-1978); sold by his son to London Gallery, Ltd. (Tokyo), in the early 1980s; sold by London Gallery, Ltd. to Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Gordon, 1990; gift from Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Gordon to the Asian Art Museum, 2009.

Note: The Asian Art Museum contacted Tajima Mitsura, the proprietor of London Gallery, for additional information on the work's provenance. Mr. Tajima purchased the work in the early 1980s from a private Japanese collection. "I bought it over 20 years ago in the early 1980s from the son of Shoji Hamada (1894-1978), to whom it belonged at the time. Mr. Hamada was one of Japan's greatest potters in the 20th century and had amassed quite a collection of ceramic wares throughout his life. After he died in 1978, his son privately sold some pieces from the collection, and this was one of them."

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

Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

While the object was not formally accessioned until 2009, it was offered as a gift prior to the establishment of the guidelines. It is also believed to have been outside of the country of modern discovery by 1970.