Object Information
Accession Number:
2015.500.4.2, .3
Object Title:
Pair of Lions with Attendant
Measurements:
H. 20 in. (50.8 cm)
Creation Date:
3rd–5th century
Credit Line:
Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
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Provenance Information:
Purchased from Alice Boney, New York, in 1984 by Herbert and Florence Irving, New York; Collection of Florence and Herbert Irving from 1984 through 2015; Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2015.
Exhibition Information:
On view continuously since 1993 in the Florence and Herbert Irving Galleries for the Arts of South and Southeast Asia 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) 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 lions have been on loan and on display at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Florence and Herbert Irving Galleries for the Arts of South and Southeast Asian Art since 1993.