Provenance Information

Probably acquired in the 1960s by Robert R. Charles [American, 1938-2020], who served as a Peace Corps Staff member in northeastern Thailand from 1965-1968; 2011, gifted to the Worcester Art Museum by Robert R. Charles.

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

The object is believed to have been acquired during the 1960s (ca. 1965-1968) when the previous owner was on assignment in northeastern Thailand as a Peace Corps Staff member.

Provenance Information

Probably acquired in the 1960s by Robert R. Charles [American, 1938-2020], who served as a Peace Corps Staff member in northeastern Thailand from 1965-1968; 2011, gifted to the Worcester Art Museum by Robert R. Charles.

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

Probably acquired in the 1960s by Robert R. Charles [American, 1938-2020], who served as a Peace Corps Staff member in northeastern Thailand from 1965-1968; 2011, gifted to the Worcester Art Museum by Robert R. Charles.

Provenance Information

Probably acquired in the 1960s by Robert R. Charles [American, 1938-2020], who served as a Peace Corps Staff member in northeastern Thailand from 1965-1968; 2011, gifted to the Worcester Art Museum by Robert R. Charles.

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

The object is believed to have been acquired during the 1960s (ca. 1965-1968) when the previous owner was on assignment in northeastern Thailand as a Peace Corps Staff member.

Provenance Information

Probably acquired in the 1960s by Robert R. Charles [American, 1938-2020], who served as a Peace Corps Staff member in northeastern Thailand from 1965-1968; 2011, gifted to the Worcester Art Museum by Robert R. Charles.

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

The object is believed to have been acquired during the 1960s (ca. 1965-1968) when the previous owner was on assignment in northeastern Thailand as a Peace Corps Staff member.

Provenance Information

Said to have been excavated from Ban Chiang, Thailand, early 1970s. Ex coll. Owen S. Beckner (1918-2009), Georgia.

Exhibition Information

A Preview of the Collections, Schatten Gallery, February 15 - April 4, 1982

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

Gifted to museum in 1981.

Provenance Information

(Private dealer), Thailand; purchase, Fuji Murakami, Denver, CO, 1980s; gift, Denver Art Museum, 2019.

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

This bowl is an excellent examples of the Sukhothai ware. It fills a significant gap in DAM’s collection of Thai ceramics and provides an opportunity to put this object in the public domain and facilitate future research.

Provenance Information

(Private dealer), Thailand; purchase, Fuji Murakami, Denver, CO, 1980s; gift, Denver Art Museum, 2019.

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

This bowl is an excellent examples of the Sukhothai ware. It fills a significant gap in DAM’s collection of Thai ceramics and provides an opportunity to put this object in the public domain and facilitate future research.

Provenance Information

Beurdeley et Cie., Paris, by 1981; sold to Michael and Georgia de Havenon, New York, October 15, 1981 (as Thailand, Lopburi, 14th century); on loan to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2017–2020; gift to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2020

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

N/A

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

In order to put object into the public domain and facilitate further research.

Provenance Information

Before 1971: Bobby Ellsworth, New York City

1971: Collection of John and Emmy Bunker

To 1991: Carter Burden (1941-1996), New York

1991: Sale Sotheby’s, New York, Indian and Southeast Asian Art, March 27, 1991, lot 187

2004: Sale, Christie’s, Amsterdam, Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art, October 12, 2004, lot 123

2008: Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, Indian and Southeast Asian Works of Art, September 19, 2008, lot 291

From 2008 Mr and Mrs Gilbert H. Kinney, purchased at Sotheby’s, New York on September 19, 2008

Exhibition Information

"Art of the Gift: Recent Acquisitions", Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, July 24 - December 13, 2015

Publication Information

Boisselier, Jean, Notes Sur l’Art Du Bronze Dans L’ancien Cambodge, pp. 275–334, Artibus Asiae, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, Vol. XXIX, 4, 1967, pps 285, 305-310

Leidy, Denise P. Prakhon Chai and the Art of Southeast Asia in the 7th to 9th Centuries, Arts of Asia, Vol. 30, July/August 2000, no. 4, p. 28-41

Bunker E.C. “Pre-Angkor Period bronzes from Pra kon Chai.” Archives of Asian Art, Vol. 25, 3, (1971), 70-73, fig. 9

Sotheby’s Catalog. Indian and Southeast Asian Art exh. cat. New York, March 1991: fig. 187

Christie’s Catalog. Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art exh. cat. Amsterdam, October 2004: fig. 123, 45

Sotheby’s Catalog. Indian and Southeast Asian Works of Art exh. cat. New York, September 2008: fig. 291, p. 120

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 has been well published that the Prakhon Chai hoard (from which this item was found) was discovered in 1964 and its objects dispersed by mid-1960’s, see above noted 1967 article by Jean Boisselier.

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.