Sentence examples for without provenance from inspiring English sources

Until recently, most Andean textiles were without provenance, removed from burial sites by grave robbers.

American museums, in the aggregate — we've just done a poll — have bought, on average per year, about $150,000 worth of antiquities without provenance.

Paolo Ferri, the prosecutor who built the case against Ms. True and has since retired, said Wednesday that the trial had served as a signal to museums that buying objects without provenance had to end.

Among the effects of a deceased American, a painting had shown up without provenance, without signature, perhaps of no value whatever, but perhaps worth a great deal, and he was to find out what he could about the painting.

Injecting such data into the overall knowledgebase without provenance degrades the ability of any efforts to use this information.

Since the vast majority of these ceramics are without provenance, analysis has largely focused on the ceramics' styles and subjects.

Emission of monoterpenes correlated with sunshine duration per day, but showed large variability among trees and campaigns, without provenance-specific differences (Figs 3G and 8B, Supplementary Fig. S5B).

They were acquired in 1912, without much provenance information.

Even without certified provenance, the booze will command an enormous price, because the nose knows.

Without that provenance, however, such a car might have brought 15 to 20 percent less".

The donor's family had found it at an estate sale, without much provenance information, but with a well-preserved ribbon attached.