Provenance Information

probably 1950s/1960s -1981 collection of Drs. Konrad Bekker (1911-1981) and Sarah Bekker McInteer (1923-2013), members of U.S. State Department and stationed in New Delhi, Yangon (then Rangoon), Berne, and Bangkok in the 1950s and 1960s; 1981 estate of Dr. Konrad Bekker; 1981-2013 collection of Dr. Sarah Bekker McInteer (by descent from husband); 2013 estate of Dr. Sarah Bekker McInteer; (2013 with Sloans & Kenyon Auction House, sold as lot #362 from the "Estate of Konrad and Sarah M. Bekker, Arlington, VA" in the "[Sale] 79[:] June Auction of Asian, Jewelry, & Art, June-14-2013", Chevy Chase, MD); 2013 collection of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (purchased through Sloans & Kenyon)

Exhibition Information

Sloans & Kenyon Auction House, Chevy Chase, MD, pre-sale exhibition for "[Sale] 79[:] June Auction of Asian, Jewelry, & Art, June-14-2013

Publication Information

"Sale 79 Lot 362 Thai Terracotta Head of Buddha", on http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/thai-terracotta-head-of-buddha,-lamphun,-hariphun-362-c-7e1f149008 (accessed Apr-15-2016).

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 is believed to have been collected during the 1950s/1960s when the previous owners were on assignment for the U.S. State Department, as per correspondence 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; 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. 68, cat. no. 65, color illus. and detail p. 68.

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

Acquired by Simon Digby (b. 1932 – d. 2010) prior to 1985; Digby collection sold after Digby’s death by John Siudmak, London.

Exhibition Information

None.

Publication Information

John Siudmak Asian Art. Indian and Himalayan Sculpture and Thankhas from the Collection of the Late Simon Digby, New York, March 2011, no. 8 (sale catalogue).

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 established to 1985. Simon Digby, who was born in India to English parents, was a former curator of the Ashmolean Museum and later an independent scholar. John Siudmak has confirmed that he saw this work in Simon Digby’s collection in the United Kingdom in 1985. Early medieval bronzes of Jain deities - this is a ca. 10th century work - are extremely rare and this work is the first Jain image of a female deity in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection.