Object Information
Accession Number:
2015.500.7.4
Object Title:
唐 彩繪陶女俑 Female Attendant
Measurements:
H. 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm); W. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Creation Date:
mid-7th century, Tang dynasty (618–907)
Credit Line:
Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
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Provenance Information:
Purchased from Galaxie Art & Gift Company, Hong Kong, by Florence and Herbert Irving, New
York, in 1987; Collection of Florence and Herbert Irving, New York from 1987 to 2015, on loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1988 until donation to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2015.
Exhibition Information:
On view continuously since 1988 in the Charlotte C. Weber Galleries for the Arts of Ancient China at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Publication Information:
Published on The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s online collection database.
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/54078?sortBy=Relevance&ft=2015.500.7.4&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=1 as of July 2015
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970:
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above:
The Female Attendant has been on long-term loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1988.