1995.203.2.FA Vase with sunflowers (one of a pair)

Japan (nation): TGN: 1000120

cloisonné: AAT: 300053778

enamel (fused coating): AAT: 300014910

silver (metal): AAT: 300011029

Meiji: AAT: 300018567

sunflowers (flowers/plants/helianthus genus): AAT: 300404749

vases: AAT: 300132254

Before 1995: Talk-A-Radio Sales Corporation, Inc., The John R. Young Collection [1] 

1995: Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts, gift of the Mrs. John B. O'Hara Fund, purchase from above [2]

The main source for this provenance is the object summary dated July 12, 1996, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records object file. Supporting documentation and exceptions are noted. 

[1] See John R. Young's signed affidavit dated March 29, 1995 attesting to Talk-A-Radio Sales Corporation, Inc.'s full ownership of the object, copy in object file. 

[2] The Foundation for the Arts is a non-profit corporation created as a title-holding entity to serve the people of Dallas but to operate independently of the City. The Dallas Museum of Art (at its own cost) is responsible for the care, storage, insurance, conservation and maintenance of the collection, and agrees to maintain the highest museum standards in the management and handling of the Foundation’s collection. The title to all works of art purchased or otherwise acquired by the Foundation for the Arts is retained by the Foundation.

UMO: 13315198

The Decorative Arts of Meiji Japan: The John R. Young Collection 

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