Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York. {1} (Rare Art, Inc., New York); {2} purchased by the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1976 (76.17). {3}

{1 } This early provenance is given in Berthold Laufer, Chinese Pottery of the Han Dynasty, Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1909, p. 62 (ill. Plate XIV). For information on Clarke, see Grove Dictionary of Art.
{2} As given on their website, Rare Art, Inc. (known now as Hartman Rare Art, Inc.) was founded in 1927 by Urban and Hazel Hartman and is owned now by Alan Hartman.
{3} IMA Temporary Receipt No. 1144/1.