Edward H. Merrin Gallery, New York, before 1972; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Diker, 1972-2008

PUBLICATION HISTORY: Berjonneau, Gerald, Emile Deletaille and Jean-Louis Sonnery, Rediscovered Masterpieces of Mesoamerica: Mexico-Guatemala-Honduras, Editions Arts, 135, Boulogne, France, 1985, page 56, fig. 55.

REASON FOR ACQUISITION AS AN EXCEPTION TO THE 1970 RULE: This work has provenance established to at least 1972. It was published in 1985. The Metropolitan Museum of Art owns only one smaller three-dimensional ceramic figure of a comparable type.