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.