Provenance Information

c. 1970s in the collection of Jerry L. Abramson, Dallas, Texas; lent to the Dallas Museum of Art since July 2005; given to DMA by Mr. Abramson's estate (accession date: January 30, 2009).

Exhibition Information

DMA, July 2006 through the present

Publication Information

N/A

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

This work was on long-term loan to the DMA beginning in July 2005, prior to its acquisition in 2009. Although the collector from whose estate the DMA acquired this work began collecting in the 1960s or '70s, the DMA has been unable to substantiate the precise date of acquisition because of the death of the former owner. The DMA's collection of Egyptian funerary art is small, and this amulet provides one of only two representations of Thoth, and the only representation in his baboon form.

Provenance Information

c. 1970s in the collection of Jerry L. Abramson, Dallas, Texas; lent to the Dallas Museum of Art since July 2005; given to DMA by Mr. Abramson's estate (accession date: January 30, 2009)

Exhibition Information

DMA July 2006 through March 2008, and September 2008 through the present.

Publication Information

N/A

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

This work was on long-term loan to the DMA beginning in July 2005, prior to its acquisition in 2009. Provenance is established to 2005, and the work has been publicly exhibited since 2006. Although the collector from whose estate the DMA acquired this work began collecting in the 1960s or '70s, the DMA has been unable to substantiate the precise date of acquisition because of the death of the former owner. The DMA's collection of Egyptian funerary art is small, and this work is one of only two representations of Isis.

Provenance Information

c. 1970s in the collection of Jerry L. Abramson, Dallas, Texas; lent to the Dallas Museum of Art since July 2005; given to DMA by Mr. Abramson's estate (accession date: January 30, 2009).

Exhibition Information

East Meets West, DMA, August 7 to November 27, 2005. DMA from July 2006 through the present.

Publication Information

N/A

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

This work was on long-term loan to the DMA beginning in July 2005, prior to its acquisition in 2009.The work has been publicly exhibited in 2005 and continuously since July 2006. Although the collector from whose estate the DMA acquired this work began collecting in the 1960s or '70s, the DMA has been unable to substantiate the precise date of acquisition because of the death of the former owner. The ancient Mediterranean engraved gemstones and intaglio rings, beads, amulets, and this coin, all given by this donor or his estate, complement the DMA's collection of ancient Etruscan, Greek, and Roman gold jewelry. This work is the only ancient Mediterranean coin in the DMA's collection.

Provenance Information

Formerly in the collection of Stefaan Grusenmeyer, Bangkok, Thailand; thence in January 2009 to Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, IL; thence to Dallas Museum of Art (accession date: April 30, 2009).

Exhibition Information

DMA, February 2011 through the present.

Publication Information

Bromberg, Anne R. The Arts of India, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas at the Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013.

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 work is established to January 2009. It has been exhibited at the DMA since February 2011. This sculpture complements later works on display that were produced on the Indian subcontinent. It is the only Indus Valley piece in the DMA's collection.