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.

Provenance Information

Acquired by J. J. Lally Co. (New York) in Hong Kong in 1990; sold by J. J. Lally Co. to Nancy and Ed Rosenthal (Cincinnati) in March 1991; 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

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. 12.

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 1990 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 it is stylistically significantly different from a work of the same subject but from a later period 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

Acquired by The Ezekiel and Lillian Schloss Collection (New York) from Earl Morse before 1988; sold by Lillian Schloss to Nancy and Ed Rosenthal (Cincinnati) in September 1993; donated by Nancy and Ed Rosenthal to the Dayton Art Institute in March 2022.

Exhibition Information

“Into the Afterlife: Han and Six Dynasties Tomb Sculptures from the Schloss Collection,” Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York (September 28–November 25, 1990);

“O Soul, Come Back!: The World of the Han Dynasty Tomb,” Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Gallery, Columbia University, New York (March 24–June 5, 1993);

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

Publication Information

Candice J. Lewis, Into the Afterlife: Han and Six Dynasties Tomb Sculptures from the Schloss Collection (exh. cat., Poughkeepsie NY: Vassar College Art Gallery, 1990), Cat. 25;

Candice J. Lewis, “Tall Towers of the Han,” Orientations 27 (August 1990), 53;

James M. Keller, “Ancient Chinese Creatures on Parade: A Vassar College Art Gallery Exhibition,” Hudson Valley (November 1990), 50–55;

Art of China [中國文物世界] 77 (January 1992), 32;

David A. Sensabaugh, “O Soul, Come Back!: The World of the Han Dynasty Tomb,” (exh. brochure, NY: Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Gallery, Columbia University, 1993), cover;

Holland Cotter, “Pleasures from Life, Extended in the Tomb,” The New York Times, Friday, May 14, 1993;

“55. Green-glazed Earthenware Pavilion,” Kaikodo Journal (Spring 1998), 268, Fig. 2;

Virginia Bower, Sarah Handler, and Jon Burris, Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art (Cincinnati, OH: Taft Museum of Art, 2008), cover, Fig. 7.

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 1988 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 it is stylistically significantly different from a work of the same period 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

probably after 1844 - by or before 1900 collection of Amédée Querry (1825-1900), Persia and Ottoman Empire (Iran and Turkey); by or before 1900 - ca. 1969 collection of Alice Berthe Finlay, née Querry (1879 - ca. 1969), Pau, France (by descent from her father, Amédée); ca. 1969 - 2011 collection of Dan and Linda Finlay, Ithaca, NY (by descent from his grandmother, Alice); 2011 collection of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (purchased from Dan and Linda Finlay)

Exhibition Information

None

Publication Information

None

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 object was out of the modern country of origin before 1969, when it was inherited by the previous owner from a relative living in France. Correspondence with the previous owner, and supporting documentation, are both on file.

Provenance Information

Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc., New York, NY; 1980 - 2014 C. C. Johnson Spink (1916–1992) and Edith J. Spink (1921–2011), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc.; 2014 Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Edith J. and C. C. Johnson Spink

Exhibition Information

None known.

Publication Information

None known.

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

In a letter dated August 16, 1988, C.C. Johnson Spink wrote to a Hong Kong dealer explaining that his purchase was “destined for the St. Louis Art Museum” and that “the collection…will be given to the Museum at some future date.” This object was part of a collection of 215 works of Chinese or Japanese origin, collected by C. C. Johnson Spink and Edith J. Spink from the 1970s through the 1990s. The Museum formally received the collection by bequest in 2014.

Provenance Information

Charlotte Horstmann & Gerald Godfrey Ltd., Hong Kong; 1989 - 2014 C. C. Johnson Spink (1916–1992) and Edith J. Spink (1921–2011), St. Louis, MO, USA, purchased from Charlotte Horstmann & Gerald Godfrey Ltd.; 2014 Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Edith J. and C. C. Johnson Spink

Exhibition Information

None known.

Publication Information

None known.

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

In a letter dated August 16, 1988, C.C. Johnson Spink wrote to a Hong Kong dealer explaining that his purchase was “destined for the St. Louis Art Museum” and that “the collection…will be given to the Museum at some future date.” This object was part of a collection of 215 works of Chinese or Japanese origin, collected by C. C. Johnson Spink and Edith J. Spink from the 1970s through the 1990s. The Museum formally received the collection by bequest in 2014.

Provenance Information

by 1996 – 2011 collection of Dr. Meyer H. and Ruth Abrams, Ithaca; 2011 collection of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Dr. Meyer H. and Ruth Abrams)

Exhibition Information

None

Publication Information

None

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 donors pledged part of their collection, including this object, to the museum prior to 2008, as per correspondence, dated May 6, 1996, and loan agreements, the earliest of which is effective as of Aug-26-1996. All documents are on file.

Provenance Information

by 1996 – 2011 collection of Dr. Meyer H. and Ruth Abrams, Ithaca; 2011 collection of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Dr. Meyer H. and Ruth Abrams)

Exhibition Information

None

Publication Information

None

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 donors pledged part of their collection, including this object, to the museum prior to 2008, as per correspondence, dated May 6, 1996, and loan agreements, the earliest of which is effective as of Aug-26-1996. All documents are on file.

Provenance Information

by 1996 – 2011 collection of Dr. Meyer H. and Ruth Abrams, Ithaca; 2011 collection of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Dr. Meyer H. and Ruth Abrams)

Exhibition Information

None

Publication Information

None

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 donors pledged part of their collection, including this object, to the museum prior to 2008, as per correspondence, dated May 6, 1996, and loan agreements, the earliest of which is effective as of Aug-26-1996. All documents are on file.

Provenance Information

Peter and Paula Lunder Thomas Colville Fine Art, New Haven, CT. Hores Arts & Antiques, New York, NY

Exhibition Information

Spaces & Places: Chinese Art from the Lunder-Colville Collection and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Colby College Museum of Art

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

The donors pledged part of the their collection, including this object, to the museum prior to 2008, as per correspondence dated April 11, 2007, on file.