Provenance Information

From personal communication: Mr. Alan Grinnell purchased the object from individuals or dealers in Panama prior to 1982. No additional provenance information is reportedly available from Mr. Grinnell.

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

N/A

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

According to LACMA and AAMD guidelines, if the provenance of a proposed acquisition does not clearly indicate that the antiquity in question was outside its country of origin prior to 1970, the museum may determine to proceed with the acquisition based on an analysis of the benefits and risks, and in accordance with AAMD’s guidelines for the publication of the object and the provenance information known about it, with an explanation of the basis for the museum’s decision. Generally, LACMA believes that, absent evidence of looting or illegal export of any antiquities, but given incomplete provenance establishing that the objects were outside their source countries prior to 1970 and prior to any applicable foreign patrimony laws, it is in LACMA’s and the public interest to accept such objects for the purpose of bringing them into the public domain, caring for them and publishing them, both for scholarly purposes and for the purpose of providing notice to any party, including source countries, that may have a claim or information relating to the provenance of the objects.

Provenance Information

From personal communication: Mr. Alan Grinnell purchased the object from individuals or dealers in Panama prior to 1982. No additional provenance information is reportedly available from Mr. Grinnell.

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

N/A

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

According to LACMA and AAMD guidelines, if the provenance of a proposed acquisition does not clearly indicate that the antiquity in question was outside its country of origin prior to 1970, the museum may determine to proceed with the acquisition based on an analysis of the benefits and risks, and in accordance with AAMD’s guidelines for the publication of the object and the provenance information known about it, with an explanation of the basis for the museum’s decision. Generally, LACMA believes that, absent evidence of looting or illegal export of any antiquities, but given incomplete provenance establishing that the objects were outside their source countries prior to 1970 and prior to any applicable foreign patrimony laws, it is in LACMA’s and the public interest to accept such objects for the purpose of bringing them into the public domain, caring for them and publishing them, both for scholarly purposes and for the purpose of providing notice to any party, including source countries, that may have a claim or information relating to the provenance of the objects.

Provenance Information

From personal communication: Mr. Alan Grinnell purchased the object from individuals or dealers in Panama prior to 1982. No additional provenance information is reportedly available from Mr. Grinnell.

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

N/A

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

According to LACMA and AAMD guidelines, if the provenance of a proposed acquisition does not clearly indicate that the antiquity in question was outside its country of origin prior to 1970, the museum may determine to proceed with the acquisition based on an analysis of the benefits and risks, and in accordance with AAMD’s guidelines for the publication of the object and the provenance information known about it, with an explanation of the basis for the museum’s decision. Generally, LACMA believes that, absent evidence of looting or illegal export of any antiquities, but given incomplete provenance establishing that the objects were outside their source countries prior to 1970 and prior to any applicable foreign patrimony laws, it is in LACMA’s and the public interest to accept such objects for the purpose of bringing them into the public domain, caring for them and publishing them, both for scholarly purposes and for the purpose of providing notice to any party, including source countries, that may have a claim or information relating to the provenance of the objects.

Provenance Information

From personal communication: Mr. Alan Grinnell purchased the object from individuals or dealers in Panama prior to 1982. No additional provenance information is reportedly available from Mr. Grinnell.

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

N/A

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

According to LACMA and AAMD guidelines, if the provenance of a proposed acquisition does not clearly indicate that the antiquity in question was outside its country of origin prior to 1970, the museum may determine to proceed with the acquisition based on an analysis of the benefits and risks, and in accordance with AAMD’s guidelines for the publication of the object and the provenance information known about it, with an explanation of the basis for the museum’s decision. Generally, LACMA believes that, absent evidence of looting or illegal export of any antiquities, but given incomplete provenance establishing that the objects were outside their source countries prior to 1970 and prior to any applicable foreign patrimony laws, it is in LACMA’s and the public interest to accept such objects for the purpose of bringing them into the public domain, caring for them and publishing them, both for scholarly purposes and for the purpose of providing notice to any party, including source countries, that may have a claim or information relating to the provenance of the objects.

Provenance Information

From personal communication: Mr. Alan Grinnell purchased the object from individuals or dealers in Panama prior to 1982. No additional provenance information is reportedly available from Mr. Grinnell.

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

N/A

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

According to LACMA and AAMD guidelines, if the provenance of a proposed acquisition does not clearly indicate that the antiquity in question was outside its country of origin prior to 1970, the museum may determine to proceed with the acquisition based on an analysis of the benefits and risks, and in accordance with AAMD’s guidelines for the publication of the object and the provenance information known about it, with an explanation of the basis for the museum’s decision. Generally, LACMA believes that, absent evidence of looting or illegal export of any antiquities, but given incomplete provenance establishing that the objects were outside their source countries prior to 1970 and prior to any applicable foreign patrimony laws, it is in LACMA’s and the public interest to accept such objects for the purpose of bringing them into the public domain, caring for them and publishing them, both for scholarly purposes and for the purpose of providing notice to any party, including source countries, that may have a claim or information relating to the provenance of the objects.

Provenance Information

D. Daniel Michel, Chicago (#66:128), 1966-1991; Ancient Art of the New World, New York, 1991; private U.S. collection, 1991-2016; acquired by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2016

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

Based on the results of provenance research, the Princeton University Art Museum can make an informed judgment that the object was outside its probable country of modern discovery before 1970. D. Daniel Michel gave each item in his collection a catalogue number, the first two digits of which indicate the year he acquired the work, in this case (19)66. The validity of this cataloguing system is supported by exhibition loans and publications documenting both Michel’s ownership of various items in the appropriate period as well as at least one item published in another collection prior to the date of Michel’s acquisition.

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

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. 106, color illus. p. 106, cat. no. 173.

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. 84, color illus. p. 84, cat. no. 116.

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.