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

1960s, sold by Bernheimer's Antique Arts, Cambridge, MA to Clifford S. Ackley, Boston; 2014, gift of Ackley to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2014)

Exhibition Information

No known exhibition history.

Publication Information

No known publication history.

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

The donor recalls purchasing the bowl in Massachusetts in the 1960s, although there is no documentation of the transaction.

Provenance Information

n.d. probably with a private dealer. 2000 - 2009 Wunsch Foundation, Inc., New York; 2009 Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Wunsch Foundation, Inc.)

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

N/A

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

Provenance for this object is established to at least before 2000, in New York, as per the unknown collector's sticker still extant on the object. This object complements our collection, both individually and within the unique context of the larger gift, as it significantly strengthens our holdings of Islamic art and glass from this early time period.

Provenance Information

by 2006 - 2008 collection of Robert Tichane, Painted Post, NY; 2008 Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Robert Tichane)

Exhibition Information

N/A

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 donor pledged this object, along with several others, to the museum prior to 2008, as per correspondence dated 2006, on file.

Provenance Information

by 2006 - 2008 collection of Robert Tichane, Painted Post, NY; 2008 Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Robert Tichane)

Exhibition Information

N/A

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 donor pledged this object, along with several others, to the museum prior to 2008, as per correspondence dated 2006, on file.

Provenance Information

Probably 1970s - 1980s with Sotheby’s, New York. by 2006 - 2008 collection of Robert Tichane, Painted Post, NY; 2008 Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Robert Tichane)

Exhibition Information

N/A

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 donor pledged this object, along with several others, to the museum prior to 2008, as per correspondence dated 2006, on file.

Provenance Information

n.d. collected from a shipwreck in the Java Sea. before 2004 with Jan van Beers, Oriental Art, London; by 2004-2008 collection of Eunice and Herbert Shatzman, Durham (purchased through Jan van Beers); 2008 Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Eunice and Herbert Shatzman)

Exhibition Information

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, Heavenly Earth: Early Chinese Ceramics from the Shatzman Collection, June 5 – August 22, 2004

Publication Information

Avril, Ellen. Heavenly Earth: Early Chinese Ceramics from the Shatzman Collection [an exh. cat.] (Ithaca: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 2004); ref. p. 62-63, cat. no. 57a and b, color illus. p. 62.

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 2001, on file.

Provenance Information

late 1980s or early 1990s probably with private dealer, Hong Kong; by early 1990s - before 2004 E&J Frankel, Ltd., New York (probably purchased from private dealer); by 2004 - 2008 collection of Eunice and Herbert Shatzman, Durham (purchased from Frankel); 2008 Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Eunice and Herbert Shatzman)

Exhibition Information

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, Heavenly Earth: Early Chinese Ceramics from the Shatzman Collection, June 5 – August 22, 2004; Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, February 6 – April 3, 2005

Publication Information

Avril, Ellen. Heavenly Earth: Early Chinese Ceramics from the Shatzman Collection [an exh. cat.] (Ithaca: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 2004); ref. p. 40, 43, cat. no. 35, color illus. and detail p. 41.

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 2001, on file.

Provenance Information

c. 1920s - collection of Johannes Hellner, Stockholm (d. 1947). 1980s with private dealer, New York; 1980s - mid 1990s private collection, Texas (purchased through private dealer); mid 1990s - late 1990s with Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York (acquired through private collector); late 1990s - 2008 collection of Eunice and Herbert Shatzman, Durham (purchased through Chait Galleries); 2008 Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Eunice and Herbert Shatzman)

Exhibition Information

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, Heavenly Earth: Early Chinese Ceramics from the Shatzman Collection, June 5 – August 22, 2004; Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, February 6 – April 3, 2005

Publication Information

Avril, Ellen. Heavenly Earth: Early Chinese Ceramics from the Shatzman Collection [an exh. cat.] (Ithaca: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 2004); ref. p. 71, n132, cat. no. 69, color illus. p. 71.

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 2001, on file.

Provenance Information

by 2004 - 2008 collection of Eunice and Herbert Shatzman, Durham; 2008 Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Eunice and Herbert Shatzman)

Exhibition Information

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, Heavenly Earth: Early Chinese Ceramics from the Shatzman Collection, June 5 – August 22, 2004

Publication Information

Avril, Ellen. Heavenly Earth: Early Chinese Ceramics from the Shatzman Collection [an exh. cat.] (Ithaca: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 2004); ref. p. 69, cat. no. 66, color illus. p. 69.

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 2001, on file.