Provenance Information

Ex coll. Charles Gillet (1879-1972), France and Switzerland. Thence by descent to Marion Schuster (Marion Helene von Goldschmidt-Rothschild) (1902-1982), Lausanne, Switzerland. Thence by descent to Mathilde Goldschmidt-Rothschild (1927-1993), Lausanne, Switzerland. Ex coll. Jerome Eisenberg (1930-2022) [Royal-Athena Galleries], New York, New York, acquired from Philips, London, England, 1989. Purchased by MCCM from Royal-Athena.

Exhibition Information

MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2013 - June 19, 2014;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 2014 - Present

Publication Information

To our knowledge, this object has never been published.

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

At the time of acquisition, the provenance seemed plausible. Further information has come to light to make us doubt the provenance. Research is ongoing.

Provenance Information

Ex coll. Robert Walzer, United States, said to have been purchased from Albert Rudolph (1928-1973), New York, New York. Said to have been sold by Walzer to a London dealer. Ex coll. Robert Walzer, said to have been purchased from English dealer, New York, New York, November 1999.

Exhibition Information

MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - April 4, 2021;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, August 28, 2021 - Present

Publication Information

To our knowledge, this object has never been published.

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

Acquired by museum in 2000.

Provenance Information

With Sue McGovern-Huffman [Sands of Time Antiquities], Washington DC.

Exhibition Information

Life and Death in the Pyramid Age: The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 10 - December 11, 2011

Publication Information

To our knowledge, this object has never been published.

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

Acquired by museum in 2007.

Provenance Information

Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California, possibly purchased from Jean-François Mignon, Aix-en Provence, France.

Exhibition Information

To our knowledge, this object has never been exhibited.

Publication Information

To our knowledge, this object has never been published.

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 donor acquired most of his collection at small French auctions in the 1970s.

Provenance Information

Purchased for MCCM by Terry Zuwa, Canada, from Kevork Simonian [Nomis Antiquities], Van Nuys, California.

Exhibition Information

Life and Death in the Pyramid Age: The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 10 - December 11, 2011
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, October 15, 2013 - Present

Publication Information

To our knowledge, this object is unpublished.

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 Carlos continues to conduct provenance research on this work and all objects in its collection.

Provenance Information

Archaeological provenance not yet documented; before 1984, acquired by Ernest Erickson of New York, NY; June 23, 1989, sold at Sotheby's, New York, NY "Antiquities and Islamic Art," lot 46A; between 1989 and 1996, provenance not yet documented; by May 1996, acquired by Gawain McKinley of London, United Kingdom; between 1996 and 2006, provenance not yet documented; April 27, 2006 sold at Bonham’s, London, "The Antiquities Sale," lot 61; by 2007, acquired by Richard Philp, London; 2007 purchased from Richard Philp by David Curzon; 2018, gift of David Curzon to the Brooklyn Museum.

Exhibition Information

No previous exhibition history. Pulitzer Arts Foundation, "The Shattered Beauty of Egyptian Art," March 22, 2019-September 24, 2019.

Publication Information

Edward Bleiberg, "Why are the Noses Broken?" in "Striking Power: Iconoclasm in Ancient Egypt" forthcoming Summer, 2019, Pulitzer Arts Foundation.

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

It was in the Ernest Erickson Foundation by 1984. The collection had stopped expanding by this time.

Provenance Information

Prior to 1970, collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Mannheim; thence on September 23, 2009, via Christie's, New York, sale 2195, lot 758, to private collection, New York City, from which acquired by Dallas Museum of Art (accession date: April 23, 2010).

Exhibition Information

DMA, October 2010 through the present.

Publication Information

Bromberg, Anne R. The Arts of India, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas at the Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013.

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

Although this work’s provenance is established to before 1970, according to the Christie’s catalogue in which it was published in 2009, the DMA has not yet been able to substantiate the precise date of acquisition by Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Manheim. This piece is a major addition, exceptionally well carved and preserved, to the DMA’s collection of art that reveals the myths and cults of Shiva.