provenance

出所、産地

物が来た場所や、そのもとになったもの。

やさしい英語で： The place or source that something comes from.

• The label gives the cheese's provenance.
• We could not establish the provenance of these seeds.
• Customers increasingly ask about the provenance of their food.

使い方： the provenance of something (We checked the provenance of the meat.)

類義語： origin, source

よく使う表現： food provenance, unknown provenance, provenance of something, cultural provenance

来歴、所有履歴

美術品が作られてから誰の所有物だったかを示す記録。

やさしい英語で： The record of who has owned a work of art since it was made.

• The painting has a clear provenance.
• Auction records helped us trace its provenance.
• Collectors paid more because the sculpture's provenance was fully documented.

使い方： the provenance of something (The gallery researched the provenance of the portrait.)

類義語： ownership history

よく使う表現： documented provenance, royal provenance, establish provenance

由来、来歴

古い品物が作られた場所と時代。

やさしい英語で： The place and period in which an old object was made.

• The vase is of Greek provenance.
• Experts disagree about the sword's provenance.
• Its decoration helped researchers establish its provenance.

使い方： of ... provenance (The museum owns a helmet of Roman provenance.)

類義語： origin

よく使う表現： ancient provenance, provenance of something, uncertain provenance

来歴を調べる

物の出所や以前の所有者を調べて記録する。

やさしい英語で： To find and record where something came from or who owned it.

• The museum hired an expert to provenance the vase.
• Researchers provenanced the objects before the sale.
• How will you provenance a painting with no surviving records?

類義語： trace the origin of

よく使う表現： provenance an object, provenance a painting