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Provenance Report

TRACE-PR-ART-002

Issued —

Ceramic Series Vol. II

Artist
Nova Chen
Medium
Stoneware, glaze
Year
2026
Dimensions
28×18cm
Held by
Isabelle Fontaine

Recorded transfers: 1

Entries: 2

Verification:Partly self-reported — see below

Chain of custody

  1. 11 February 2026

    CreatedMade by Nova Chenself-reported

    Thrown and fired in a single week; the ash glaze was left to pool where it wanted to.

  2. 22 May 2026

    Changed handsNova Chen → Isabelle Fontaine

    First sale, from the spring ceramics release.

What this document does and does not say

Entries without a mark were witnessed by Trace and recorded as they happened — a sale that settled through our escrow, or an exhibition we hosted. Entries marked self-reported were entered by the artist or an owner and describe events before the piece reached this platform. They are recorded because they are part of the work's history, not because we confirmed them.

This is a record of custody, not an appraisal, an authentication or a title guarantee. Trace does not value artwork and takes no position on what the piece is worth.

Whenever this piece is resold on Trace, 5% of the new price is paid to the artist out of the seller's proceeds.

Issued by Trace Studio 22 LLC, Tbilisi, Georgia

TRACE-PR-ART-002

Reference TRACE-PR-ART-002 always points at this piece, so a report exported today and one exported in five years can be compared entry for entry. Anything added to the logbook in between appears as a new line — nothing already printed here can change.