2007.036.005

Object Title
Mold for a Lilly
Measurements
1.9 cm
Credit Line
Gift of Sue McGovern
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/13063/mold-for-a-lily?ctx=c34c21ecb14b549a1f1ce2cdae5e10761f8d28c4&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
With Sue McGovern-Huffman [Sands of Time Antiquities], Washington, DC.
Exhibition Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been exhibited.
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
Acquired by museum in 2007.

2007.036.004

Object Title
Mold for a Mandrake
Measurements
2.4 cm
Credit Line
Gift of Sue McGovern
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/12948/mold-for-a-mandrake?ctx=ac7854e99dae69dc28897bc63743dceba5220197&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
With Sue McGovern-Huffman [Sands of Time Antiquities], Washington, DC.
Exhibition Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been exhibited.
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
Acquired by museum in 2007.

2007.036.002

Object Title
Mold for a Marguerite
Measurements
2.1 cm
Credit Line
Gift of Sue McGovern
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/13041/mold-for-a-marguerite?ctx=d8265af32f704b5bd89e3d90ee7460e9ce1f6858&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
With Sue McGovern-Huffman [Sands of Time Antiquities], Washington, DC.
Exhibition Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been exhibited.
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
Acquired by museum in 2007.

2007.036.001

Object Title
Mold for a Marguerite
Measurements
1.7 cm
Credit Line
Gift of Sue McGovern
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/13081/mold-for-a-marguerite?ctx=9f3b5e49b2f70a491991644916cab80ab9011e81&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
With Sue McGovern-Huffman [Sands of Time Antiquities], Washington, DC.
Exhibition Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been exhibited.
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
Acquired by museum in 2007.

1) 2020.574; 2) 2020.575; 3) 2020.576

Object Title
Group of Painted Tomb Figures
Measurements
1) 13" h x 4 1/2" w x 10 1/2" l; 2) 17" h x 8" w x 12" l; 3) 23 1/2" h x 6 1/2" w x 5" d
Creation Date
386-534 CE (Northern Wei period)
Credit Line
Denver Art Museum: Gift of the Dennis and Alyssa Law Foundation in honor of parents, Joseph and Loretta Law
Museum Contact
provenance@denverartmuseum.org
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
End of Tang dynasty (907 CE)
Provenance Information
Purchased by Joseph Cho-Yiu Law [1922-2015] and Sau Ying Loretta Law [1923-2020], Hong Kong, between late 1970s-2000; By descent, Dennis Law [b. 1947], Greenwood Village, CO; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 2020.
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
Acquisition of these works fills important gaps in the Denver Art Museum collection, provides opportunities to put objects into public domain and facilitates further research.

1) 2020.572; 2) 2020.573; 3) 2020.578 4) 2020.643

Object Title
Group of Painted Tomb Figures
Measurements
1) 15" h x 4" w x 14" l; 2) 15 1/2" h x 3" w x 3" d; 3) 12 1/2" h x 5" w x 12" l; 4) 15" h x 4" w x 15" l
Creation Date
Tang dynasty (618–907)
Credit Line
Denver Art Museum: Gift of the Dennis and Alyssa Law Foundation in honor of parents, Joseph and Loretta Law
Museum Contact
provenance@denverartmuseum.org
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
3) https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/object/2020.573; 4) https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/object/2020.578
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
End of Tang dynasty (907 CE)
Provenance Information
(Chap Ku Tong Antiques), Hong Kong; Purchased by Joseph Cho-Yiu Law [1922-2015] and Sau Ying Loretta Law [1923-2020], Hong Kong, 1997; By descent, Dennis Law [b. 1947], Greenwood Village, CO.; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 2020.
Exhibition Information
1) N/A; 2) Oct. 2021-Present, Denver Art Museum 5th floor gallery; 3) Oct. 2021-Present, Denver Art Museum 5th floor gallery; 4) 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
Acquisition of these works fills important gaps in the Denver Art Museum collection, provides opportunities to put objects into public domain and facilitates further research.

2018.637

Object Title
Neolithic Jar
Measurements
16 1/2" h x 15 1/4" dia
Creation Date
4000 BCE-3000 BCE
Credit Line
Denver Art Museum: Gift of Merrill Shields and Ray Thomasson
Museum Contact
provenance@denverartmuseum.org
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
End of Tang dynasty (907 CE)
Provenance Information
(Arch Angel Antiques), Hong Kong, by 2005; Purchased by Merrill Shields and Ray Thomasson, Denver, CO; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 2019.
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
Acquisition of this work is consistent with cumulative facts and circumstances that confirm an association with long term provenance history of many other similar works from the general region of NW China.

1) 2017.452; 2) 2017.453

Object Title
Two Decorated Neolithic Vessels
Measurements
1) 4 3/4" h x 6 1/2" w x 6 1/4" d; 2) 17 1/2" x 17" w x 15 1/2" d
Creation Date
4000 BCE-3000 BCE
Credit Line
Denver Art Museum: Gift of Dr. Kai Yiu Yeung and Pam Piper Yeung, Gift of Dr. Kai Yiu Yeung and Pam Piper Yeung
Museum Contact
provenance@denverartmuseum.org
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
End of Tang dynasty (907 CE)
Provenance Information
(Private Dealer), Maryland, before 1997; Collection of Dr. Kai Yiu Yeung [b. 1944] and Pam Piper Yeung [b. 1945], Maryland by 1990s; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 2017.
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
Works add to Museum's Han Dynasty collection by adding important object types and allowing the opportunity to put objects into public domain to facilitate further research.

2008.215.41

Object Title
Bowl
Measurements
9.525 × 20.32 cm (3 3/4 × 8 in.)
Creation Date
1500–900 B.C.
Credit Line
Gift of Peter David Joralemon, B.A. 1969, M.Phil 1974
Museum Contact
artgalleryinfo@yale.edu
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/134176
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
N/A
Provenance Information
Purchased in New York, by Peter David Joralemon, New York, 2006 (inv. no. PCV188); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2008
Exhibition Information
N/A
Publication Information
"Acquisitions 2009," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009): 144.
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

M.2022.226.2

Object Title
Standing Male Figure
Measurements
13 × 4 × 4 in. (33.02 × 10.16 × 10.16 cm)
Creation Date
600 – 900 CE
Credit Line
Gift of the Sweeney Family
Museum Contact
Julia Burtenshaw
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
"Antiquity - the ancient past, especially the times preceding the Middle Ages." (Chicago Manual of Style and most dictionaries)
Provenance Information
From personal communication: purchased from Spencer Throckmorton Fine Arts in New York on December 8, 1986 by Barbara and Joseph Goldenberg. Originally sold by Stendahl Galleries. Inherited by Sweeney family in 2010. No additional provenance information is reportedly available from Mrs. Sweeney.
Exhibition Information
Exhibited at Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, OK prior to 1972.
Publication Information
N/A
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
According to LACMA and AAMD guidelines, if the provenance of a proposed acquisition does not clearly indicate that the antiquity in question was outside its country of origin prior to 1970, the museum may determine to proceed with the acquisition based on an analysis of the benefits and risks, and in accordance with AAMD’s guidelines for the publication of the object and the provenance information known about it, with an explanation of the basis for the museum’s decision. Generally, LACMA believes that, absent evidence of looting or illegal export of any antiquities, but given incomplete provenance establishing that the objects were outside their source countries prior to 1970 and prior to any applicable foreign patrimony laws, it is in LACMA’s and the public interest to accept such objects for the purpose of bringing them into the public domain, caring for them and publishing them, both for scholarly purposes and for the purpose of providing notice to any party, including source countries, that may have a claim or information relating to the provenance of the objects.
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