Object Title
Grouped Pigment Jars
Measurements
H. 5 × W. 8 in. (12.7 × 20.3 cm)
Creation Date
A.D. 300–800
Credit Line
Gift of Dicey Taylor and Justin Kerr, 2018
Museum Name
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/318444
Provenance Information
Acquired in Teotihuacan, Mexico, by Justin and Barbara Kerr in the late 1960s; collection of Justin Kerr, New York, 1960s–2018; gift from Dicey Taylor and Justin Kerr to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018
Exhibition Information
On loan to, and on display at, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, since 1993
Publication Information
None.
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
This work was purchased by Justin Kerr in Mexico in the 1960s. The work was offered as a loan from Justin Kerr to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1993. It has been on display since that time.