Provenance Information

Archaeological provenance not yet documented; by at least December 9, 1970, least in the possession of Farhadi & Anavian, New York (#255); on December 9, 1970acquired by Arthur M. Sackler Collections; title transferred to Else Sackler; on January 29, 1997, title transferred to The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation.

Exhibition Information

No known exhibition history.

Publication Information

Trudy S. Kawami, “Ancient Iranian Ceramics from The Arthur M. Sackler Collections,” (New York: The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1992), cat. no. 171, p. 227.

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

By at least December 9, 1970, in the collection of Farhadi and Anavian (inventory number 255) in New York City before entering Dr. Arthur M. Sackler’s collection.

Provenance Information

Archaeological provenance not yet documented; by at least December 9, 1970, in the possession of Farhadi & Anavian, New York (#321); December 9, 1970, acquired by Arthur M. Sackler Collections; title transferred to Else Sackler; January 29, 1997 title transferred to The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation.

Exhibition Information

Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, "Ancient Iranian Ceramics from The Arthur M. Sackler Collections," October 28, 1987- January 31, 1988, no. 81.

Publication Information

Trudy S. Kawami, “Ancient Iranian Ceramics from The Arthur M. Sackler Collections,” (New York: The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1992), cat. no. 80, pp. 198-9.

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

By at least December 9, 1970, in the possession of Farhadi and Anavian (inventory number 321) in New York City before entering Dr. Arthur M. Sackler’s collection.

Provenance Information

Archaeological provenance not yet documented; by at least December 9, 1970, in the possession of Farhadi & Anavian (#341) in New York; December 9, 1970, acquired by Arthur M. Sackler Collections; title transferred to Else Sackler; on January 29, 1997, title transferred to The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation.

Exhibition Information

Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, "Ancient Iranian Ceramics from The Arthur M. Sackler Collections," October 28, 1987 - January 31, 1988, no. 31.

Publication Information

Trudy S. Kawami, “Ancient Iranian Ceramics from The Arthur M. Sackler Collections,” (New York: The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1992), cat. no. 31, pp. 96-7.

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

By at least December 9, 1970, in the possession of Farhadi and Anavian (inventory number 341) in New York City before entering Dr. Arthur M. Sackler’s collection.

Provenance Information

Archaeological provenance not yet documented; prior to 1992, in the possession of Mrs. Eleanor Golden; 1992, lent to the Brooklyn Museum by Mrs. Eleanor Golden; by at least 2007, Caren M. Golden, by descent; in 2007, gift of Caren M. Golden to the Brooklyn Museum.

Exhibition Information

Brooklyn Museum, "Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum," December 20, 2016 - August 27, 2017. Venues: National Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea, December 20, 2016 - April 9, 2017; Ulsan Museum, Ulsan, South Korea, May 1, 2017 - August 27, 2017. [Travelled to both venues; mummy did not travel].
Brooklyn Museum, “Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt.” Venues: Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana, CA; March 22, 2014–June 15, 2014; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN, October 18, 2014-January 18, 2015 ["mummy" did not travel].
On view in the Later Egypt Galleries, 1993-10/4/2012.

Publication Information

"Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt", (The Brooklyn Museum of Art, 2013), pp. 142-143, cat. no. 124.
“Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum,” (Seoul: National Museum of Korea and the Brooklyn Museum, 2016), p. 30.

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 object has a known provenance dating to at least 1992 when it was lent to the Brooklyn Museum.

Provenance Information

Archaeological provenance not yet documented; June 5, 1998, purchased at Christie's New York sale 8900, lot 65, by Harold and Mildred Jacobs of New York; 2022, bequest of Mildred Jacobs to the Brooklyn Museum.

Exhibition Information

No known exhibition history.

Publication Information

No known publication history.

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 object has a known provenance dating to at least 1998.

Provenance Information

Archaeological provenance not yet documented; circa 1930s, acquired by J. Gilbert of New York; between 1930s and 1985, provenance not yet documented; before 1985, in a New England private collection; 1985, inherited from New England private collection by an unidentified individual; June 12, 2003, purchased at Sotheby's, New York, sale 7912, lot 109, by Harold and Mildred Jacobs of New York; 2022, bequest of Mildred Jacobs to the Brooklyn Museum.

Exhibition Information

No known exhibition history.

Publication Information

No known publication history.

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

Credible reports place this object with J. Gilbert, a NYC dealer in the 1930s, but lack written documentation.

Provenance Information

Archaeological provenance not yet documented, probably from el-Amarna, Egypt, reused inside the pylon of Ramsses II at Hermopolis Magna, Egypt; mid-1960s, reportedly acquired by an anonymous Swiss collector; by 2015, acquired from descendants of an anonymous Swiss collector by Rupert Wace Ancient Art, London; 2015, purchased at TEFAF, Maastricht from Rupert Wace Ancient Art by Hermann A. Schlögl of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany; 2022, gift of Hermann A. Schlögl to the Brooklyn Museum.

Exhibition Information

None, but the object will go on view in the Later Egypt Gallery in 10/2022, alongside Brooklyn's 86.226.30, Brooklyn's 2019.13, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art's 68.16.

Publication Information

Johnson, Ray, "A Pastoral Scene from El Amarna Reconstructed" in KMT, no. 283 (Fall 2017) pp. 1-7.
Schlogl, Buxtorf, "Kunst und Handwerk aus Agyptens Goldener Zeit," Harrassowitz-Verlag Weisbaden, 2018, p. 50.

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 block joins three other talatat blocks in known collections, as published by Ray Johnson in 2017. The object will go on view in 10/2022, along with Brooklyn's 86.226.30, Brooklyn's 2019.13, and Metropolitan Museum of Art's 68.16. With this addition, the Brooklyn Museum collection is now able to illustrate semi- comic genre scenes during the Amarna Period; no other Egyptian collection outside of Egypt has the ability to illustrate this important point.

Provenance Information

Archaeological provenance not yet documented; probably from el-Amarna, Egypt, reused inside the pylon of Ramsses II at Hermopolis Magna, Egypt; before 1980, reportedly acquired by Marianne Maspero of Paris, France; between 1980 and 2004, provenance not yet documented; before 2004, reportedly acquired by Galerie Cybele, Paris, France; between 2004 and 2018, provenance not yet documented; by 2018, acquired by Rupert Wace Ancient Art, London, United Kingdom; 2019, purchased from Rupert Wace Ancient Art by the Brooklyn Museum.

Exhibition Information

Later Egypt Galleries, Brooklyn Museum, 11/6/2019-present.

Publication Information

Johnson, Ray, "A Pastoral Scene from El Amarna Reconstructed" in KMT, no. 283 (Fall 2017) pp. 1-7.

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 until at least 1980 in Paris, and was published in 2017.

This block joins two other talatat blocks in known collections, as published by Ray Johnson in 2017.

The object is currently on view alongside with Brooklyn's 86.226.30 and Metropolitan Museum of Art's 68.16. In October 2022, a newly acquired talatat, 2022.17, will be added to the presentation. With the addition of this object, the Brooklyn Museum collection is able to illustrate semi- comic genre scenes during the Amarna Period; no other Egyptian collection outside of Egypt has the ability to illustrate this important point.

Provenance Information

Archaeological provenance not yet documented; before December 2, 1988, acquired by an unidentified California dealer; December 2, 1988, offered for sale by Sotheby's, New York, NY, "Antiquities and Islamic Art," lot 143; by July 1998, acquired by Edna R. Russmann of Brooklyn, NY; 2018, gift of Edna R. Russmann to the Brooklyn Museum.

Exhibition Information

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

Publication Information

Sotheby’s, New York, "Antiquities and Islamic Art," December 2, 1988, lot 143.

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 object has a known provenance dating to at least 1988. Creditable reports place this object in an old California collection but lack written documentation.

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.