Provenance Information

ca. 1975 private collection, Kobe, Japan. n.d. private Japanese dealer; -2015 collection of Zetterquist Galleries (acquired from private Japanese dealer); 2015 collection of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (purchased from Zetterquist Galleries)

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 provenance of this object can be traced back to ca. 1975, when it was part of a Japanese collection. Although research into specific dates is ongoing, documentation on file indicates that it was in this collection for over 40 years prior to 2015. This object also demonstrates the importance of this medium and form in the Persian culture when held in dialogue with similar Persian objects in our collection.

Provenance Information

Harry Ames Richards, Jr. (1919–2001), Stamford, CT; 1978/05/11 At auction, "Fine Chinese Works of Art," Sotheby's Park Bernet, New York, May 11, 1978, lot no. 112; 1981 - 2014 C. C. Johnson Spink (1916–1992) and Edith J. Spink (1921–2011), St. Louis, MO; 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 2000 - before 2004 with Kaikodo, New York; by 2004 - 2008 collection of Eunice and Herbert Shatzman, Durham (purchased through Kaikodo); 2008 Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Eunice and Herbert Shatzman)

Exhibition Information

Kaikodo, New York, In the Eye of the Beholder, September 16 - October 21, 2000

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

Kaikodo. Kaikodo Journal [an exh. cat.]. (Hong Kong: Kaikodo, 2000); p. 176, 308-309, cat. no. 56, color illus. p. 177.

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. 44-45, fn77, cat. no. 38, color illus. p. 44.

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

1920s - collection of Johannes Hellner, Stockholm (1866-1947). (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 (on consignment from private collector)); late 1990s - 2008 collection of Eunice Shatzman, Class of 1949, and Herbert Shatzman (d. 2014), 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

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. 45, cat. no. 40, color illus. p. 45.

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

before 2004 with J.J. Lally & Co., New York; by 2004 - 2008 collection of Eunice and Herbert Shatzman, Durham (purchased through J.J. Lally & Co.); 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. 45, cat. no. 39, color illus. p. 45.

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

before 2004 with J.J. Lally & Co., New York; by 2004 - 2008 collection of Eunice and Herbert Shatzman, Durham (purchased through J.J. Lally & Co.); 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. 44, cat. no. 37, color illus. p. 44. (height of 18 cm is correct, but the conversion to inches is incorrect.)

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.