Provenance Information

[Galerie El Jaguar, Caracas, Venezuela]; purchased by Lenora and Jimmy Belilty, Paris, France, probably by 1979; [Sotheby’s, New York, Pre-Columbian Art, Nov. 23, 1998, sale no. 7224, lot no. 14, reproduced]; purchased by Assen and Christine Nicolov, Seattle, Washington

Exhibition Information

None known

Publication Information

José Antonio de Lavalle, Coleccion Arte y Tesoros del Peru, Moche, Lima, 1985, pl. 53.

José Antonio de Lavalle, Coleccion Arte y Tesoros del Peru, Trujillo, Lima, 1990, pg. 133.

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

Based on the results of provenance research, this Mochica Ai-Apec stirrup vessel was in Caracas, Venezuela by the late 1970s, when it was purchased by its previous owner, collector Jimmy Belilty. This piece featured prominently in two publications by José Antonio de Lavalle: Coleccion Arte y Tesoros del Peru Moche (1985 and 1990). Together, these cumulative facts and circumstances known at the time of acquisition allowed the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) to make an informed judgment to acquire the object. The vessel cleared a search conducted by the Art Loss Register. SAM’s collection has some examples of blackware ceramics, but nothing as rich as this piece in composition and iconography.

Provenance Information

by 1970 collection of Farhadi & Anavian, New York; 1970-1987 collection of Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York (purchased by Arthur M. Sackler from Farhadi & Anavian); 1987-1997 estate of Arthur M. Sackler; 1997 collection of Else Sackler (d. 2000), New York, NY (purchased from estate of Arthur M. Sackler); 1997-2014 collection of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, New York, NY (gift of Else Sackler); 2014 collection of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (gift of The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation)

Exhibition Information

The Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, Ancient Iranian Ceramics from The Arthur M. Sackler Collections, October 9, 1987 - January 31, 1988

Museum of New Mexico, Museum of Fine Arts ,Santa Fe, New Mexico, Wit And Wine: A New Look at Ancient Iranian Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, February 19–September 6, 1999; The Yager Museum, Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York, September 24, 1999–June 2, 2000; Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, July 14–December 17, 2000; Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, June 12–August 12, 2001; Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, September 7–December 30, 2001; Frank H. McClung Museum, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, February 22–May 19, 2002; Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, August 10–December 22, 2002; Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana, January 24–April 27, 2003; COPIA: The American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts, Napa, California, May 22–September 1, 2003; University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, Wyoming, October 18–December 23, 2003; Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, March 20–September 5, 2004; Ceramics Research Center, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona, October 16, 2004–January 8, 2005; The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, May 14–October 30, 2005

Publication Information

Trudy S. Kawami. Ancient Iranian Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections [an exh. brochure]. (New York, N.Y.: The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, October 1987); fig. 4.

Trudy S. Kawami. Ancient Iranian Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections. (New York, N.Y.: The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1992); cat. no. 34, p. 102-103.

Wit and Wine: A New Look at Ancient Iranian Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation. University of Missouri-Columbia Museum of Art and Archeology, 2002. http://arthurmsacklerfdn.org/pdf/wit-wine/WitWine-UniversityofMissouri-2002.pdf (pg. 22).

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

Part of a larger gift from the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation that, according to correspondence and documentation on file, was acquired by Dr. Sackler from Farhadi & Anavian, New York, in 1970.

Provenance Information

Fine Arts of Ancient Lands, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, 1990, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.

Exhibition Information

No known exhibitions.

Publication Information

No known publications.

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

Communications between the Walters Art Museum and the donor of this gift began in November 2005.

Provenance Information

New World Antiquities, San Francisco [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, 1988, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.

Exhibition Information

No known exhibitions.

Publication Information

No known publications.

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

Communications between the Walters Art Museum and the donor of this gift began in November 2005.

Provenance Information

Fine Arts of Ancient Lands, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Herbert L. Lucas, Los Angeles [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, 1991 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.

Exhibition Information

No known exhibitions.

Publication Information

No known publications.

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

Communications between the Walters Art Museum and the donor of this gift began in November 2005.

Provenance Information

Sale, Sotheby's, New York, November 20, 1989, lot 51; Private collection, November 20, 1989, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.

Exhibition Information

No known exhibitions.

Publication Information

No known publications.

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

Communications between the Walters Art Museum and the donor of this gift began in November 2005.

Provenance Information

The Merrin Gallery, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, 1989, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.

Exhibition Information

No known exhibitions.

Publication Information

No known publications.

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

Communications between the Walters Art Museum and the donor of this gift began in November 2005.

Provenance Information

William Spratling, Taxco [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Judy Nash, New York [acquired from William Spratling, according to the recollection of Judy Nash] [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; D. Daniel Michel, Chicago, 1962, by purchase (inv. no. 62:075); Ancient Art of the New World, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, January 1991 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2008, by gift.

Exhibition Information

No known exhibitions.

Publication Information

No known publications.

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

Communications between the Walters Art Museum and the donor of this gift began in November 2005.

Provenance Information

Fine Arts of Ancient Lands, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Herbert L. Lucas, Los Angeles [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Fine Arts of Ancient Lands, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, June 1991 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2008, by gift.

Exhibition Information

No known exhibitions.

Publication Information

No known publications.

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

Communications between the Walters Art Museum and the donor of this gift began in November 2005.

Provenance Information

Fine Arts of Ancient Lands, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, March 1990 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2008, by gift.

Exhibition Information

No known exhibitions.

Publication Information

No known publications.

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

Communications between the Walters Art Museum and the donor of this gift began in November 2005.