Provenance Information

Acquired in Hong Kong by C. Roger Moss, OBE (born 1936), Hong Kong and England, 1990s [see note 1]; sold through Theresa McCullough, ltd., London, to Ann R. Kinney and Gilbert H. Kinney (1931–2020), New York, November 2004 (Kinney inv. no. 75) (on loan to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2016–18) [see note 2]; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2018

Note 1: Email from C. Roger Moss to the Gallery, April 1, 2015, copy in accession file

Note 2: According to information provided by the donor at the time of accession, the sculpture was consigned to Theresa McCullough for sale during Asian Art week, London, November 4–12, 2004.

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

Denise Patry Leidy, "South and Southeast Asian Sculpture, 7th–9th century," Arts of Asia (March–April 2018): 63, fig. 10.

Jan Fontein, The Sculpture of Indonesia, exh. cat. (Washington DC: National Gallery of Art, 1990).

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

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

N/A

Provenance Information

Soelaeman Pringgodigdo, by 1993 [see note 1]; sale, Christie's, Amsterdam, October 2, 2004, lot 179; sold to Ann R. Kinney and Gilbert H. Kinney (1931–2020), Washington D.C., later New York, October 4, 2004, (on loan to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2016–2021); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2021 Note 1: According to Hugo Kreijger, Soelaeman Pringgodigdo was the Indonesian ambassador to France and Hungary, and traveled frequently to Holland; he collected in the 1970s and 1980s (email November 15, 2011).

Exhibition Information

n/a

Publication Information

Bela Kelenyi and Zsuzsanna Renner, Art of Indonesia: The Collection of Soelaeman Pringgodigdo (Budapest: Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatics Arts, 1993), ill.

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

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

n/a

Provenance Information

Jean Louis Mercier, Paris [see note 1]; sale Christie's Amsterdam, June 16, 1992, lot 187; sold to Ann R. Kinney and Gilbert H. Kinney (1931–2020), Washington D.C., later New York, June 16, 1992 (on loan to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2016-2021), given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2021 Note 1: Jean Louis Mercier was a French diplomat who served in Indonesia in the late 1960s and 1970s

Exhibition Information

Majapahit: the Golden Age of Indonesia, Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam

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

n/a

Provenance Information

Private collection; by inheritance to their son, Mr. F. van Ark, by October, 1993; sale, Christie's Amsterdam, October, 1993, lot 79; sold to Ann R. Kinney and Gilbert H. Kinney (1931–2020), Washington D.C., later New York, October, 1993, (on loan to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2016–2020); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2021

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

n/a

Provenance Information

With Jan Miog, The Hague [see note 1]; sale, Christie's, Amsterdam, June 7, 1989, lot 242; sold to Ann R. Kinney and Gilbert H. Kinney (1931–2020), Washington, D.C., later New York, June 7, 1989 (on loan to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2016–2021); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2021 Note 1: According to H. Kreijger, Jan Miog mainly collected Tibetan art, but had some Southeast Asian art as well, all of which was acquired from Dutch collectors and dealers (email November 15, 2011).

Exhibition Information

n/a

Publication Information

J. E. van Lohuizen-De Leeuw, Indo-Javanese Metalwork (Stuttgart, Germany: Linden-Museum Stuttgart, 1984), fig. 9.

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

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

n/a

Provenance Information

Private collection; by inheritance to their son, Mr. F. van Ark, by 1993; sale, Christie's Amsterdam, October, 1993, lot 180; sold to Ann R. Kinney and Gilbert H. Kinney (1931–2020), New York, October, 1993 (Kinney inv. no. 109) (on loan to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2016–2020); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2021

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

n/a

Provenance Information

Prof. Samuel Eilenberg (1913–1998), New York [see note 1]; Shirley Day Ltd. London, by October 1992; sold to Ann R. Kinney and Gilbert H. Kinney (1931–2020), New York, October 29, 1992 (on loan to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2016–2021); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2021 Note 1: Prof. Eilenberg was a renowned mathematician at Columbia University, New York, and a major collector of Asian art.

Exhibition Information

Majapahit: the Golden Age of Indonesia, Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam

Publication Information

Nandana Chutiwongs, “Bronze Ritual Implements in the Majapahit Period: Meaning and Function,” Arts of Asia (November–December 2000): 69–84, pl. 29.

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

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

n/a

Provenance Information

Possibly acquired in Europe by Alex Biancardi (1906-2000), London, 1980s [see note 1]; sale, Christie's, Amsterdam, May 29,1991, lot 9; sold to Ann R. Kinney and Gilbert H. Kinney (1931–2020), New York, May 29, 1991 (Kinney inv. no. 105)(on loan to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2016–2021); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2021 Note 1: According to Hugo Kreijger, Alex Biancardi was a French collector and dealer resident in London; before emigrating to Australia he sold off much of his collection (email November 15, 2011).

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

n/a

Provenance Information

Possibly acquired in Europe by Alex Biancardi (1906-2000), London, 1980s [see note 1]; sale, Christie's, Amsterdam, May 29,1991, lot 9; sold to Ann R. Kinney and Gilbert H. Kinney (1931–2020), New York, May 29, 1991 (Kinney inv. no. 104) (on loan to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2016–2021); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2021 Note 1: According to Hugo Kreijger, Alex Biancardi was a French collector and dealer resident in London; before emigrating to Australia he sold off much of his collection (email November 15, 2011).

Exhibition Information

n/a

Publication Information

Denise Patry Leidy, “South and Southeast Asian Sculpture, 7th–9th century,” Arts of Asia (March–April 2018): 65, fig. 13.

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

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

n/a

Provenance Information

Unknown German dealer; sold to Spink and Son, London, 1991 or 1992; sold to Robert S. Pirie (1934-2015) and Deirdre Pirie (1937-2016) [see note 1]; sale, Christie's, New York, March 22, 2000, lot 159; sold to Ann R. Kinney and Gilbert H. Kinney (1931–2020), New York, March 22, 2000 (on loan to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2016–2021); given to the Yale University Art Gallery New Haven, Conn., 2021 Note 1: According to Jane Hoskins-Thurston, Spink acquired this work from an German dealer in 1991 or 1992 and no earlier; Spink sold it to Mr. and Mrs. Pirie, and it was in their possession when in was exhibited in the Asia Society show "Buddha of the Future" in 1994, cat. no. 48 (email November 6, 2012).

Exhibition Information

n/a

Publication Information

Nandana Chutiwongs and Denise Patry Leidy, Buddha of the Future: An Early Maitreya from Thailand, exh. cat. (New York: Asia Society and Museum, 1994), fig. 48.

Denise Patry Leidy, “South and Southeast Asian Sculpture, 7th–9th century,” Arts of Asia (March–April 2018): 62, fig. 8.

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

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

n/a