Provenance Information

With E. & J. Frankel, Ltd., New York, by 1997; sold to Donald W. McPhail and Ann E. McPhail, Philadelphia, April 13, 1997; gift to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2017.

Exhibition Information

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, "Gifts in Honor of the 125th Anniversary of the Philadelphia Museum of Art", September 9 - December 11, 2002.

Publication Information

Gifts in honor of the 125th anniversary of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2002), 3, 170, checklist 30.

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 donors, Donald and Ann McPhail, signed a gift pledge agreement with the Philadelphia Museum of Art on January 2, 2002.

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#!?q=2015.500.7.3&perPage=20&sortBy=Relevance&sortOrder=asc&offset=0&pageSize=0 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

Prior to 2008, the work was on long-term loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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.

Provenance Information

Purchased from R. H. Ellsworth, Ltd., New York, by Florence and Herbert Irving, New York, in 1988; Collection of Florence and Herbert Irving, New York from 1988 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

Knauer, Elfriede Regina. The Camel's Load in Life and Death : Iconography and Ideology of Chinese Pottery Figurines from Han to Tang and their Relevance to Trade along the Silk Routes. Zurich: Akanthus, 1998, pp. 106–07, figs. 73a, b.
Published on The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s online collection database.
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/49543?sortBy=Relevance&ft=2015.500.7.5&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 Camel and Rider has been on long-term loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1988.

Provenance Information

Purchased from R. H. Ellsworth, Ltd., New York, by Florence and Herbert Irving, New York, in 1988; Collection of Florence and Herbert Irving, New York from 1988 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/49544?sortBy=Relevance&ft=2015.500.7.6&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 Seated Falconer has been on long-term loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1988.

Provenance Information

Purchased from Fook Shing Arts Company, Hong Kong, by Florence and Herbert Irving, New York, in 1988; Collection of Florence and Herbert Irving, New York from 1988 to 2015, on loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1997 until donation to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2015.

Exhibition Information

The works were exhibited at The Metropolitan Museum, New York in the exhibition Introduction to Chinese Lacquer, December 11, 2013–June 6, 2014.

Publication Information

Published on The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s online collection database.
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/39674?sortBy=Relevance&ft=2015.500.7.8*&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 Pari of Ducks has been on long-term loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1997.

Provenance Information

Purchased from Galaxie Art & Gift Company, Hong Kong, by Florence and Herbert Irving, New
York, in 1988; Collection of Florence and Herbert Irving, New York from 1988 to 2015, on loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1988 until donation to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2015.

Exhibition Information

None

Publication Information

Published on The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s online collection database.
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/42694?sortBy=Relevance&ft=2015.500.7.9&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 Jar with Painted Decoration of “Frog” Pattern has been on long-term loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1988.

Provenance Information

Purchased from R. H. Ellsworth, Ltd., New York, by Florence and Herbert Irving, New York, in 1988; Collection of Florence and Herbert Irving, New York from 1988 to 2015, on loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1988 until donation to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2015.

Exhibition Information

The work is exhibited at The Metropolitan Museum, New York in the Charlotte C. Weber Galleries, from May 1988 to present.

Publication Information

Published on The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s online collection database.

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 Seated Falconer has been on long-term loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1988.

Provenance Information

ca. 1975 private collection, Kobe, Japan. n.d. private Japanese dealer; -2015 collection of Zetterquist Galleries (acquired from private Japanese dealer); 2015 collection of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (purchased from Zetterquist Galleries)

Exhibition Information

none

Publication Information

none

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Cumulative facts and circumstances

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

The provenance of this object can be traced back to ca. 1975, when it was part of a Japanese collection. Although research into specific dates is ongoing, documentation on file indicates that it was in this collection for over 40 years prior to 2015. This object also demonstrates the importance of this medium and form in the Persian culture when held in dialogue with similar Persian objects in our collection.

Provenance Information

James J. Lally, New York, NY; 1986 - 2014
C.C. Johnson Spink (1916–1992) and Edith J. Spink (1921–2011), St. Louis, MO, purchased from James J. Lally; 2014 Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Edith J. and C. C. Johnson Spink

Exhibition Information

None known.

Publication Information

None known.

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

In a letter dated August 16, 1988, C.C. Johnson Spink wrote to a Hong Kong dealer explaining that his purchase was “destined for the St. Louis Art Museum” and that “the collection…will be given to the Museum at some future date.” This object was part of a collection of 215 works of Chinese or Japanese origin, collected by C. C. Johnson Spink and Edith J. Spink from the 1970s through the 1990s. The Museum formally received the collection by bequest in 2014.