2014.373

Object Title
Urn with Snake Decoration
Measurements
9 1/2 x 10 3/8 in
Creation Date
AD 750 - 1300
Credit Line
Gift of Gordon DeBoard
Museum Contact
provenance@denverartmuseum.org
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Before 1550
Provenance Information
(Arte Primitivo), New York; purchased by Imre and Nicholas T. Molnar, 1973; by descent to Molnar family; consigned to (Arte Primitivo), New York; purchased by Gordon DeBoard, Birmingham, MI, 2006; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 2014
Exhibition Information
None known
Publication Information
None known
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 been in the United State since at least 1973, and was publicly auctioned in 2006. DAM has few pre-Columbian works from Argentina and none in the Belen style. Acquisition allows opportunity to put object into public domain and facilitate further research.

2016.148.17

Object Title
Incised bowl
Measurements
12.07 x 18.73 cm (4 3/4 x 7 3/8 in.)
Creation Date
A.D. 700–1000
Credit Line
Gift of Theodore N. Kaplan and Henry Tobin
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/212128
Provenance Information
Lands Beyond, New York, 2001, #5447; Pook and Pook Auction, Downington, Pa, 2000; Theodore N. Kaplan and Henry Tobin, to 2016; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Exhibition Information
N/A
Publication Information
"Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017," https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/bulletin/Pub-Bull-acquisitions-2017.pdf (accessed December 1, 2017).
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
N/D
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Sold at auction in 2000, at dealers location in 2001
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