1) 2017.430A-B; 2) 2017.438A-B; 3) 2017.439; 4) 2017.442; 5) 2017.443; 6) 2017.444; 7) 2017.445; 8) 2017.446; 9) 2017.451

Object Title
Group of Painted Tomb Figures
Measurements
1) 27 1/2" h x 11" w x 6 1/2" d; 2) 21 1/2" x 8 7/8" x 21 5/8 l; 3) 21 1/4" x 8" x 21 1/8"; 4) 18 1/2" x 5 5/8" x 3 1/4"; 5) 7 1/4" x 4 3/4" x 12 5/8"; 6) 10 1/4" x 5 5/8" x 11" l; 7) 13 1/4" x 4" x 10"; 8) 13 1/4" x 4" x 9 1/2"; 9) 23" x 11" x 6 1/2"
Creation Date
Han dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Kai Yiu Yeung and Pam Piper Yeung
Museum Contact
provenance@denverartmuseum.org
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/object/2017.446
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
End of Tang dynasty (907 CE)
Provenance Information
(Private Dealer), Maryland, before 1997; Collection of Dr. Kai Yiu Yeung [b. 1944] and Pam Piper Yeung [b. 1945], Maryland by 1990s; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 2017.
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
Works add to Museum's Han Dynasty collection by adding several important object types that also allow opportunities to put objects into public domain and facilitate further research.

1) 2017.431A-B; 2) 2017.432; 3) 2017.433; 4) 2017.434A-B; 5) 2017.435; 6) 2017.436; 7) 2017.440; 8) 2017.447; 9) 2017.448; 10) 2017.449

Object Title
Group of Glazed Ceramic Vessels
Measurements
1) 7" h x 8" dia; 2) 4 7/8" h x 4 1/4" dia; 3) 3 1/8" h x 7" dia; 4) 8 7/8" h x 8" dia; 5) 9" h x 6 1/2" dia; 6) 4 3/8" h x 8 7/8" w x 11 5/8" l; 7) 1 1/2" h x 4 3/4" w x 5 3/8" l; 8) 12 3/4" h x 5 3/8" dia; 9) 15" h x 12" dia; 10) 10 7/8" h x 10 3/4" dia
Creation Date
Han dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Kai Yiu Yeung and Pam Piper Yeung
Museum Contact
provenance@denverartmuseum.org
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/object/2017.448
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
End of Tang dynasty (907 CE)
Provenance Information
(Private Dealer), Maryland; Collection of Dr. Kai Yiu Yeung [b. 1944] and Pam Piper Yeung [b. 1945], Maryland by 1990s; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 2017.
Exhibition Information
4) 2017.434: Asian Galleries, Denver Art Museum, 10/2022 - Present
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
Work adds to Museum's Han Dynasty collection and allows opportunity to put object into public domain and facilitate further research.

2011.423A-B

Object Title
Figure of Court Woman (with base)
Measurements
8 in h x 2 1/2 in w x 2 1/2 in d
Creation Date
Tang dynasty (618-907)
Credit Line
Donated by Kai-yin Lo (Hong Kong)
Museum Contact
provenance@denverartmuseum.org
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
End of Tang dynasty (907 CE)
Provenance Information
Collection of Kai-Yin Lo, Hong Kong [1]; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 2011 [1] On loan to the Denver Art Museum, 1997.
Exhibition Information
N/A
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
Work on loan since 1997; acquisition fills gap in collection.

2011.421

Object Title
Vase / Cup
Measurements
3 1/8 in h x 3 3/4 in dia
Creation Date
Early 600s-early 900s, Tang Dynasty (618–907)
Credit Line
Donated by Kai-yin Lo (Hong Kong)
Museum Contact
provenance@denverartmuseum.org
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
End of Tang dynasty (907 CE)
Provenance Information
Collection of Kai-Yin Lo, Hong Kong [1]; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 2011
[1] On loan to the Denver Art Museum, 1997
Exhibition Information
Bright as Silver, White as Snow: Chinese White Ceramics from Late Tang to Yuan Dynasty, Denver Art Museum, October 1, 1998 - September 30, 1999
Publication Information
Regina Krahl, Roderick Whitfiled and Soren Edgern. Bright as Silver, White as Snow: Chinese White Ceramics from Late Tang to Yuan Dynasty. Yung Ming Tang. 04/01/1998, plate 5
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
Work on loan since 1997; acquisition fills gap in collection

2017.43

Object Title
Bridled and Saddled Horse
Measurements
20 in h x 7 1/2 in w x 21 n l
Creation Date
600s–700s, Tang dynasty (618–907)
Credit Line
Denver Art Museum: Bequest of Bernadette Berger
Museum Contact
provenance@denverartmuseum.org
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/object/2017.43
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
End of Tang dynasty (907 CE)
Provenance Information
(Sotheby’s), New York, 3/19/97, Sale no. 5953, lot 193; Purchased by Bernadette Berger [1940-2015], Denver, CO, 1997 [1]; Bequeathed to the Denver Art Museum, 2017
[1] on loan to the Denver Art Museum starting April 1997
Exhibition Information
Asian Galleries, Denver Art Museum, 4/1997 - 6/1997; 12/1997 - 3/1998; 5/2021 - 12/2021; Linking Asia exhibition, Denver Art Museum, 12/17/2017 – 4/1/2018
Publication Information
Jiao, Tianlong. Caruso, Laura ed. Linking Asia: Art, Trade, and Devotion. Denver Art Museum. 2017:176.
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
Work adds to Museum's small collection of Tang ceramic sculptures; acquisition allows opportunity to put object into public domain and facilitate further research.

1963.1

Object Title
Bird-Headed Deity
Measurements
height 19.5 in (49.5300 cm) x width 21.5 in (54.6100 cm)
Creation Date
about 885 BCE
Credit Line
Denver Art Museum: Charles Bayly, Jr. Fund
Museum Contact
asianart@denverartmuseum.org
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
about 885 BCE
Provenance Information
From Palace of Assurnsipal II at Calah (modern Nimrud), Assyria (Iraq) 885BC, Excavated from Nimrud by A.H. Layard in 1849, presented to the Baroness Burdett-Coutts. Acquired by Myron Taylor, 1913. Sold (to? by?) Parke-Bernet 1960-61. Purchased from Sarkisian April 1963.
Exhibition Information
Permanent galleries, Denver Art Museum 1992-2017 and 2021 to present; Stampede: Animals in Art, Denver Art Museum Sept. 2017 to May 2019.
Publication Information
N/A
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 (1963.1) has been part of the Denver Art Museum's permanent collection since 1963.

2016.12

Object Title
Bronze Wine Vessel
Measurements
H: 12.75" (32.4 cm); W: 8" (20.3 cm)
Creation Date
c. 1050 B.C. - 221 B.C., Western Zhou Dynasty
Credit Line
Bequest of Bernadette Berger
Country of Origin
Materials / Techniques
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.

2016.49

Object Title
Bowl
Measurements
H: 3.25" (8.3 cm); Diam: 5.875" (14.9 cm)
Creation Date
4000 B.C.-3000 B.C.
Credit Line
Gift of Mary Schumacher Stine
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
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.

2016.48

Object Title
Bowl
Measurements
H: 2.875" (7.3 cm); Diam: 5" (12.7 cm)
Creation Date
4000 B.C.-3000 B.C.
Credit Line
Gift of Mary Schumacher Stine
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
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.

2016.47

Object Title
Jar
Measurements
H: 13" (33 cm); W: 13.5" (34.3 cm)
Creation Date
4000 B.C.-3000 B.C.
Credit Line
Gift of Mary Schumacher Stine
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
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.
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