Provenance Information

Collection of Anton Possenbacker, Munich, Germany, by early 1970s; purportedly purchased by Private Collector, Switzerland. (Constance Kamens Fine Art), New York; purchased by Brian and Florence Mahony, Redding, CT, 1986; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 2012.

Exhibition Information

On display in the Museum Arts of the Ancient Americas (formerly Pre-Columbian) Galleries, 2012-2017

Publication Information

Ferdinand Anton. Alt-Indianische Kunst in Mexiko. 28. VEB E.A. Seeman Verlag, Leipzig. 1986.

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

The work has been in the United State since the early 1970s, and was purchased by donors in 1986. Acquisition adds to the Museum's collection of Tlatilco works and allows opportunity to put object into public domain and facilitate further research.

Provenance Information

(Arte Primitivo), New York; purchased by Imre and Nicholas T. Molnar, 1973; by descent to Molnar family; consigned to (Arte Primitivo), New York; purchased by Gordon DeBoard, Birmingham, MI, 2006; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 2014

Exhibition Information

None known

Publication Information

None known

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

The work has been in the United State since at least 1973, and was publicly auctioned in 2006. DAM has few pre-Columbian works from Argentina and none in the Belen style. Acquisition allows opportunity to put object into public domain and facilitate further research.

Provenance Information

With Throckmorton Fine Arts, New York, by 1999; sold to Ann Werlin Walzer and Robert S. Walzer, West Redding, Conn., 1999; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2017

Exhibition Information

n/a

Publication Information

“Acquisitions July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/bulletin/Pub-Bull-acquisitions-2018.pdf (accessed December 1, 2018).

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

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

n/a

Provenance Information

With Mika Gallery, New York, by March 2011; sold to the Rubin-Ladd Foundation, Georgetown, Conn., and New York, March 25, 2011 (R-L inv. no. J1011 1); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2016

Exhibition Information

n/a

Publication Information

“Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/bulletin/Pub-Bull-acquisitions-2017.pdf (accessed December 1, 2017).

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

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

n/a

Provenance Information

With TK Asian Antiquities, Williamsburg, Virginia, by March 2004; sold to the Rubin-Ladd Foundation, Georgetown, Conn., and New York, March 17, 2004 (R-L inv. no. C-0304 10); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2016

Exhibition Information

n/a

Publication Information

“Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/bulletin/Pub-Bull-acquisitions-2017.pdf (accessed December 1, 2017).

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

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

n/a

Provenance Information

With TK Asian Antiquities, New York, by November 2003; sold to the Rubin-Ladd Foundation, Georgetown, Conn., and New York, November 16, 2003 (R-L inv. no. C0304 11); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2012

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

n/a

Provenance Information

With TK Asian Antiquities, Williamsburg, Va., by 2008; sold to the Rubin-Ladd Foundation, Georgetown, Conn. and New York, June 2008, or August 26, 2008 [see note 1]; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2009 Note 1: Information provided by the donor at the time of acquisition indicates that “Molde-Impressed Brick” was acquired in June 2008; an inventory of the collection, however, notes that the object was acquired on August 26, 2008 (The Rubin-Ladd Foundation Inventories, June 30, 2009, copy in accession file)

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

n/a

Provenance Information

Acquired by Kaikodo (New York) in Hong Kong in 1997; sold by Kaikodo to Nancy and Ed Rosenthal (Cincinnati) in March 1998; donated by Nancy and Ed Rosenthal to the Dayton Art Institute in March 2022.

Exhibition Information

“Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art,” Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio (November 7, 2008–January 11, 2009);

“Fired Imagination: Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Family Collection,” Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio (January 5–July 24, 2022).

Publication Information

Kaikodo Journal (The Power of Form) VII (Spring 1998), No. 47;

Virginia Bower, Sarah Handler, and Jon Burris, Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art (exh. cat., Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, 2008), Fig. 3.

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

The work has provenance to 1997 and has been exhibited and published since then. It was also checked against the Art Loss Registry by the previous owner in June 2012. This is an important addition to the Dayton Art Institute and the greater Miami Valley region as there is no comparable example in the collection. Its acquisition helps further scholarly research on and public enjoyment of the dynamic and diverse achievements of ceramics in Chinese history and culture.

Provenance Information

Rubin-Ladd Foundation, Georgetown, Conn., to 2017; gift to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Exhibition Information

The San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX, 2003-2012

Publication Information

“Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/bulletin/Pub-Bull-acquisitions-2017.pdf (accessed December 1, 2017).

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

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

n/a

Provenance Information

Rubin-Ladd Foundation, Georgetown, Conn., to 2017; gift to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Exhibition Information

The San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX, 2003-2012

Publication Information

“Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/bulletin/Pub-Bull-acquisitions-2017.pdf (accessed December 1, 2017).

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

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

n/a