1995.199.A-D.FA Kodansu

Japan (nation): TGN: 1000120

bronze: AAT: 300010957

cedar (wood): AAT: 300012514

gilt: AAT: 300379350

handles: AAT: 300024927

metalwork: AAT: 300015336

metalworking: AAT: 300053946

shakudo (copper alloy): AAT: 300380025

silver (metal): AAT: 300011029

Meiji: AAT: 300018567

nineteenth century (dates CE): AAT: 300404513

arabesques: AAT: 300010206

birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751

branches (plant components): AAT: 300379798

butterflies (general): AAT: 300417320

feet (object components): AAT: 300233911

flower (motif): AAT: 300375563

insects (animals): AAT: 300310470

Iris (genus/plants): AAT: 300343602

lotus (motif): AAT: 300165258

moths (general): AAT: 300250224

serpents (snakes/Serpentes suborder): AAT: 300250870

snow (precipitation): AAT: 300055381

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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