Provenance Information

Acquired by J. J. Lally Co. (New York) from Mr. Jisui Gong (Seattle) in 1998; sold by J. J. Lally Co. to Nancy and Ed Rosenthal (Cincinnati) in July 1999; donated by Nancy and Ed Rosenthal to the Dayton Art Institute in March 2022.

Exhibition Information

“Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art,” Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio (November 7, 2008–January 11, 2009);

“Fired Imagination: Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Family Collection,” Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio (January 5–July 24, 2022).

Publication Information

Virginia Bower, Sarah Handler, and Jon Burris, Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art (exh. cat., Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, 2008), Fig. 15.

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 to 1998 and has been exhibited and published since then. It was also checked against the Art Loss Registry by the previous owner in June 2012. This is an important addition to the Dayton Art Institute and the greater Miami Valley region as there is no comparable example in the collection. Its acquisition helps further scholarly research on and public enjoyment of the dynamic and diverse achievements of ceramics in Chinese history and culture.

Provenance Information

Acquired by J. J. Lally Co. (New York) in Hong Kong in 2002; sold by J. J. Lally Co. to Nancy and Ed Rosenthal (Cincinnati) in January 2005; donated by Nancy and Ed Rosenthal to the Dayton Art Institute in March 2022.

Exhibition Information

“Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art,” Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio (November 7, 2008–January 11, 2009);

“Fired Imagination: Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Family Collection,” Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio (January 5–July 24, 2022).

Publication Information

Virginia Bower, Sarah Handler, and Jon Burris, Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art (exh. cat., Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, 2008), Fig. 14.

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 to 2002 and has been exhibited and published since then. It was also checked against the Art Loss Registry by the previous owner in June 2012. This is an important addition to the Dayton Art Institute and the greater Miami Valley region as there is no comparable example in the collection. Its acquisition helps further scholarly research on and public enjoyment of the dynamic and diverse achievements of ceramics in Chinese history and culture.

Provenance Information

Acquired by Priestley and Ferraro (London) from Castle of Antiquities, Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong) in February 2003; sold by Priestley and Ferraro to Nancy and Ed Rosenthal (Cincinnati) in March 2003; donated by Nancy and Ed Rosenthal to the Dayton Art Institute in March 2022.

Exhibition Information

“Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art,” Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio (November 7, 2008–January 11, 2009);

“Fired Imagination: Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Family Collection,” Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio (January 5–July 24, 2022).

Publication Information

Virginia Bower, Sarah Handler, and Jon Burris, Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art (exh. cat., Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, 2008), Fig. 13.

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 to 2003 and has been exhibited and published since then. It was also checked against the Art Loss Registry by the previous owner in June 2012. This is an important addition to the Dayton Art Institute and the greater Miami Valley region as there is no comparable example in the collection. Its acquisition helps further scholarly research on and public enjoyment of the dynamic and diverse achievements of ceramics in Chinese history and culture.

Provenance Information

Acquired by J. J. Lally Co. (New York) in Hong Kong in 1990; sold by J. J. Lally Co. to Nancy and Ed Rosenthal (Cincinnati) in March 1991; donated by Nancy and Ed Rosenthal to the Dayton Art Institute in March 2022.

Exhibition Information

“Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art,” Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio (November 7, 2008–January 11, 2009);

“Fired Imagination: Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Family Collection,” Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio (January 5–July 24, 2022).

Publication Information

Virginia Bower, Sarah Handler, and Jon Burris, Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art (exh. cat., Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, 2008), Fig. 12.

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 to 1990 and has been exhibited and published since then. It was also checked against the Art Loss Registry by the previous owner in June 2012. This is an important addition to the Dayton Art Institute and the greater Miami Valley region as it is stylistically significantly different from a work of the same subject but from a later period in the collection. Its acquisition helps further scholarly research on and public enjoyment of the dynamic and diverse achievements of ceramics in Chinese history and culture.

Provenance Information

Acquired by J. J. Lally Co. (New York) in Hong Kong in 1993; sold by J. J. Lally Co. to Nancy and Ed Rosenthal (Cincinnati) in November 1995; donated by Nancy and Ed Rosenthal to the Dayton Art Institute in March 2022.

Exhibition Information

“Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art,” Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio (November 7, 2008–January 11, 2009);

“Fired Imagination: Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Family Collection,” Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio (January 5–July 24, 2022).

Publication Information

Virginia Bower, Sarah Handler, and Jon Burris, Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art (exh. cat., Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, 2008), Fig. 11.

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 to 1993 and has been exhibited and published since then. It was also checked against the Art Loss Registry by the previous owner in June 2012. This is an important addition to the Dayton Art Institute and the greater Miami Valley region as it is stylistically significantly different from a work of the same period in the collection. Its acquisition helps further scholarly research on and public enjoyment of the dynamic and diverse achievements of ceramics in Chinese history and culture.

Provenance Information

Acquired by J. J. Lally Co. (New York) in Hong Kong in 1991; sold by J. J. Lally Co. to Nancy and Ed Rosenthal (Cincinnati) in January 1998; donated by Nancy and Ed Rosenthal to the Dayton Art Institute in March 2022.

Exhibition Information

“Power and Virtue: The Horse in Chinese Art,” China Institute Gallery, New York, New York (September 11–December 13, 1997);

“Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art,” Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio (November 7, 2008–January 11, 2009);

“Fired Imagination: Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Family Collection,” Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio (January 5–July 24, 2022).

Publication Information

Robert E. Harrist, Jr., with contributions by Virginia L. Bower, Power and Virtue: The Horse in Chinese Art (New York: China Institute Gallery, 1997), Cat. 4 (also reproduced on exhibiton postcards);

J. May Lee Barrett, “China Institute Gallery: A David in the Company of Goliaths,” Asian Art (March 1998), 6;

Virginia Bower, Sarah Handler, and Jon Burris, Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art (exh. cat., Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, 2008), Fig. 10.

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 to 1991 and has been exhibited and published since then. It was also checked against the Art Loss Registry by the previous owner in June 2012. This is an important addition to the Dayton Art Institute and the greater Miami Valley region as it is stylistically significantly different from a work of the same subject but from a later period in the collection. Its acquisition helps further scholarly research on and public enjoyment of the dynamic and diverse achievements of ceramics in Chinese history and culture.

Provenance Information

Sold by E. & J. Frankel (New York) to Nancy and Ed Rosenthal (Cincinnati) in October 2000; donated by Nancy and Ed Rosenthal to the Dayton Art Institute in March 2022.

Exhibition Information

“Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art,” Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio (November 7, 2008–January 11, 2009);

“Fired Imagination: Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Family Collection,” Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio (January 5–July 24, 2022).

Publication Information

Virginia Bower, Sarah Handler, and Jon Burris, Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art (exh. cat., Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, 2008), Fig. 9.

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 to 2000 and has been exhibited and published since then. It was also checked against the Art Loss Registry by the previous owner in June 2012. This is an important addition to the Dayton Art Institute and the greater Miami Valley region as it is stylistically significantly different from a work of the same period in the collection. Its acquisition helps further scholarly research on and public enjoyment of the dynamic and diverse achievements of ceramics in Chinese history and culture.

Provenance Information

Acquired by Kaikodo (New York) in Hong Kong in the late 1980s; sold by Kaikodo to Nancy and Ed Rosenthal (Cincinnati) in March 2002; donated by Nancy and Ed Rosenthal to the Dayton Art Institute in March 2022.

Exhibition Information

“Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art,” Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio (November 7, 2008–January 11, 2009);

“Fired Imagination: Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Family Collection,” Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio (January 5–July 24, 2022).

Publication Information

Kaikodo Journal, XXII (Spring 2002), No. 53;

Virginia Bower, Sarah Handler, and Jon Burris, Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art (exh. cat., Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, 2008), Fig. 8.

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 to the late 1980s and has been exhibited and published since then. It was also checked against the Art Loss Registry by the previous owner in June 2012. This is an important addition to the Dayton Art Institute and the greater Miami Valley region as there is no comparable example in the collection. Its acquisition helps further scholarly research on and public enjoyment of the dynamic and diverse achievements of ceramics in Chinese history and culture.

Provenance Information

Acquired by The Ezekiel and Lillian Schloss Collection (New York) from Earl Morse before 1988; sold by Lillian Schloss to Nancy and Ed Rosenthal (Cincinnati) in September 1993; donated by Nancy and Ed Rosenthal to the Dayton Art Institute in March 2022.

Exhibition Information

“Into the Afterlife: Han and Six Dynasties Tomb Sculptures from the Schloss Collection,” Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York (September 28–November 25, 1990);

“O Soul, Come Back!: The World of the Han Dynasty Tomb,” Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Gallery, Columbia University, New York (March 24–June 5, 1993);

“Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art,” Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio (November 7, 2008–January 11, 2009).

Publication Information

Candice J. Lewis, Into the Afterlife: Han and Six Dynasties Tomb Sculptures from the Schloss Collection (exh. cat., Poughkeepsie NY: Vassar College Art Gallery, 1990), Cat. 25;

Candice J. Lewis, “Tall Towers of the Han,” Orientations 27 (August 1990), 53;

James M. Keller, “Ancient Chinese Creatures on Parade: A Vassar College Art Gallery Exhibition,” Hudson Valley (November 1990), 50–55;

Art of China [中國文物世界] 77 (January 1992), 32;

David A. Sensabaugh, “O Soul, Come Back!: The World of the Han Dynasty Tomb,” (exh. brochure, NY: Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Gallery, Columbia University, 1993), cover;

Holland Cotter, “Pleasures from Life, Extended in the Tomb,” The New York Times, Friday, May 14, 1993;

“55. Green-glazed Earthenware Pavilion,” Kaikodo Journal (Spring 1998), 268, Fig. 2;

Virginia Bower, Sarah Handler, and Jon Burris, Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art (Cincinnati, OH: Taft Museum of Art, 2008), cover, Fig. 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 to 1988 and has been exhibited and published since then. It was also checked against the Art Loss Registry by the previous owner in June 2012. This is an important addition to the Dayton Art Institute and the greater Miami Valley region as it is stylistically significantly different from a work of the same period in the collection. Its acquisition helps further scholarly research on and public enjoyment of the dynamic and diverse achievements of ceramics in Chinese history and culture.

Provenance Information

Acquired by Jonathan Tucker and Antonia Tozer (London) in the early 2000s; sold by Jonathan Tucker and Antonia Tozer to Nancy and Ed Rosenthal (Cincinnati) in April 2005; donated by Nancy and Ed Rosenthal to the Dayton Art Institute in March 2022.

Exhibition Information

“Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art,” Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio (November 7, 2008–January 11, 2009).

Publication Information

Virginia Bower, Sarah Handler, and Jon Burris, Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art (exh. cat., Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, 2008), Fig. 6.

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 to the early 2000s and has been exhibited and published since then. It was also checked against the Art Loss Registry by the previous owner in June 2012. This is an important addition to the Dayton Art Institute and the greater Miami Valley region as there is no comparable example in the collection. Its acquisition helps further scholarly research on and public enjoyment of the dynamic and diverse achievements of ceramics in Chinese history and culture.