Provenance Information

-1972 collection of Farhadi & Anavian, New York; 1972 collection of Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York (purchased by Arthur M. Sackler through Columbia University from Farhadi & Anavian); 1972-1997 collection of Sackler Collection at Columbia University, New York (gift of Arthur M. Sackler Collections); 1997 estate of Arthur M. Sackler (returned from Columbia University and transferred to the estate); 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

Columbia University, New York, [Sackler Collection], included in various rotating displays between 1967 and 2001

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: The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1987); fig. 12.

Trudy S. Kawami. Ancient Iranian Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections. )New York, N.Y.: The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1992)' cat. no. 56, p. 150-151.

Wit and Wine: A New Look at Ancient Iranian Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation. Frank H. McClung Museum, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002 Tennesseehttp://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/files/2013/03/WitWineExhibit_TeachersGuide.pdf (pg. 14).

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. 20).

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 1972. The ownership history of the object has not been able to be traced to before 1972.

Provenance Information

-1964 collection of Dr. Daoud Motamed, Malba, New York; 1964-1987 collection of the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York, NY (purchased by Arthur M. Sackler from Dr. Motamed); 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 28, 1987 - January 31, 1988

Publication Information

Trudy S. Kawami. Ancient Iranian Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections. (New York, N.Y.: The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1992); cat. no. 9, p. 52-53.

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

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 Dr. Daoud Motamed, Malba, New York, in 1964.

Provenance Information

n.d. collection of Hassan Khan Monif (1888-1964), New York. -1975 collection of Lester Wolfe (1897-1983), Boston; (1975 with Sotheby Park Bernet Inc., New York); 1975 collection of Habib Anavian, Co., New York;1975-2014 collection of The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation (purchased from Habib Anavian, Co.); 2014 collection of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (gift of The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation)

Exhibition Information

Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc. Galleries, New York, New York, Fine Persian and Near Eastern Pottery and Metalwork: The Property of Lester Wolfe, March 8, 1975 - March 13, 1975

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

Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, Breath of Heaven , Breath of Earth: Ancient Near Eastern Art from American Collection, August 31, 2013 - December 22, 2013

Publication Information

The Lester Wolfe Collection of Persian Pottery and Metalwork, New York, March 14, 1975, sale no. 3737 [an auction cat.]. (New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1975); lot. no. 3.

Trudy S. Kawami. Ancient Iranian Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections. (New York, N.Y.: The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1992); cat. no. 6, p. 46-47.

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. 23).

Trudy S. Kawami, John Olbrantz. Breath of Heaven, Breath of Earth: Ancient Near Eastern Art from American Collections. (Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2013); p. 171.

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 in 1975 from the Habib Anavian, Co., which in turn had purchased it from the 1975 Lester Wolfe sale at Sotheby's in New York. The catalogue for the sale documents it as having previously been in the collection of Hassan Khan Monif of New York, who died in 1964.

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, and the following museums and dates: 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. (New York, N.Y.: The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1987); cat. no. 81, p. 200-201.

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. 11).

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

c. 1961/before c. 1975 – 2008 collection of Thomas Carroll (b. 1919), Chevy Chase, MD (acquired in Latin America while stationed with the Food and Agriculture Organization, UN (1958-1961) or while working on assignment with the Inter-American Development Bank (1961-1984)); 2008 collection of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Thomas Carroll)

Exhibition Information

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, A New World: Pre-Columbian Art from the Carroll Collection, March 29 – June 15, 2008

Publication Information

Scott, John F. and Laura Johnson-Kelly. A New World: Pre-Columbian Art from the Carroll Collection [an exh. cat.]. (Ithaca: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 2008); ref. p. 99, color illus. p. 99, cat. no. 158.

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

The donor pledged part of his collection, including this object, to the museum prior to 2008, as per correspondence between the donor and the museum dated 2005, on file. The object was acquired by the donor between the 1960s and early 1970s, while stationed in or on assignment to Latin America.

Provenance Information

c. 1961/before c. 1975 – 2008 collection of Thomas Carroll (b. 1919), Chevy Chase, MD (acquired in Latin America while stationed with the Food and Agriculture Organization, UN (1958-1961) or while working on assignment with the Inter-American Development Bank (1961-1984)); 2008 collection of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Thomas Carroll)

Exhibition Information

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, A New World: Pre-Columbian Art from the Carroll Collection, March 29 – June 15, 2008

Publication Information

Scott, John F. and Laura Johnson-Kelly. A New World: Pre-Columbian Art from the Carroll Collection [an exh. cat.]. (Ithaca: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 2008); ref. p. 141, color illus. p. 141, cat. no. 239.

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

The donor pledged part of his collection, including this object, to the museum prior to 2008, as per correspondence between the donor and the museum dated 2005, on file. The object was acquired by the donor between the 1960s and early 1970s, while stationed in or on assignment to Latin America.

Provenance Information

c. 1961/before c. 1975 – 2008 collection of Thomas Carroll (b. 1919), Chevy Chase, MD (acquired in Latin America while stationed with the Food and Agriculture Organization, UN (1958-1961) or while working on assignment with the Inter-American Development Bank (1961-1984)); 2008 collection of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Thomas Carroll)

Exhibition Information

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, A New World: Pre-Columbian Art from the Carroll Collection, March 29 – June 15, 2008

Publication Information

Scott, John F. and Laura Johnson-Kelly. A New World: Pre-Columbian Art from the Carroll Collection [an exh. cat.]. (Ithaca: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 2008); ref. p. 139, color illus. p. 139, cat. no. 236.

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

The donor pledged part of his collection, including this object, to the museum prior to 2008, as per correspondence between the donor and the museum dated 2005, on file. The object was acquired by the donor between the 1960s and early 1970s, while stationed in or on assignment to Latin America.

Provenance Information

c. 1961/before c. 1975 – 2008 collection of Thomas Carroll (b. 1919), Chevy Chase, MD (acquired in Latin America while stationed with the Food and Agriculture Organization, UN (1958-1961) or while working on assignment with the Inter-American Development Bank (1961-1984)); 2008 collection of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Thomas Carroll)

Exhibition Information

c. 1961/before c. 1975 – 2008 collection of Thomas Carroll (b. 1919), Chevy Chase, MD (acquired in Latin America while stationed with the Food and Agriculture Organization, UN (1958-1961) or while working on assignment with the Inter-American Development Bank (1961-1984)); 2008 collection of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Thomas Carroll)

Publication Information

Scott, John F. and Laura Johnson-Kelly. A New World: Pre-Columbian Art from the Carroll Collection [an exh. cat.]. (Ithaca: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 2008); ref. p. 122, color illus. p. 122, cat. no. 199.

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

The donor pledged part of his collection, including this object, to the museum prior to 2008, as per correspondence between the donor and the museum dated 2005, on file. The object was acquired by the donor between the 1960s and early 1970s, while stationed in or on assignment to Latin America.

Provenance Information

c. 1961/before c. 1975 – 2008 collection of Thomas Carroll (b. 1919), Chevy Chase, MD (acquired in Latin America while stationed with the Food and Agriculture Organization, UN (1958-1961) or while working on assignment with the Inter-American Development Bank (1961-1984)); 2008 collection of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Thomas Carroll)

Exhibition Information

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, A New World: Pre-Columbian Art from the Carroll Collection, March 29 – June 15, 2008

Publication Information

Scott, John F. and Laura Johnson-Kelly. A New World: Pre-Columbian Art from the Carroll Collection [an exh. cat.]. (Ithaca: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 2008); ref. p. 94, color illus. p. 94, cat. no. 147.

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

The donor pledged part of his collection, including this object, to the museum prior to 2008, as per correspondence between the donor and the museum dated 2005, on file. The object was acquired by the donor between the 1960s and early 1970s, while stationed in or on assignment to Latin America.

Provenance Information

c. 1961/before c. 1975 – 2008 collection of Thomas Carroll (b. 1919), Chevy Chase, MD (acquired in Latin America while stationed with the Food and Agriculture Organization, UN (1958-1961) or while working on assignment with the Inter-American Development Bank (1961-1984)); 2008 collection of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Thomas Carroll)

Exhibition Information

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, A New World: Pre-Columbian Art from the Carroll Collection, March 29 – June 15, 2008

Publication Information

Scott, John F. and Laura Johnson-Kelly. A New World: Pre-Columbian Art from the Carroll Collection [an exh. cat.]. (Ithaca: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 2008); ref. p. 48, color illus. p. 48, cat. no. 20.

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

The donor pledged part of his collection, including this object, to the museum prior to 2008, as per correspondence between the donor and the museum dated 2005, on file. The object was acquired by the donor between the 1960s and early 1970s, while stationed in or on assignment to Latin America.