1. (Jeffrey Smith per Louise Cort, August 20, 2012) Department changed to "Ancient Chinese Art." John Hadley Cox's collection was distinguished by consisting only of Eastern Chou [Zhou] 周 through Han 漢 (with a very few Tang 唐) objects collected in Changsha 長沙. We can't go wrong with an Early Chinese Art classification for all his non ceramic objects. "Later Chinese Art and Buddhist Sculpture" is understood to be Tang 唐 and later.
2. (Najiba Choudhury, Feburary 24, 2015) Transferred from the Provenance text field: "Excavated by the donor outside the North Gate at Changsha 長沙 between September 1935 and August 1937."
3. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, August 23, 2023) Period One added "Eastern Zhou dynasty"; added Period Two as "Warring States period"; Title changed from "Four rings" to "Four pendants in the form of faceted rings"; Date added as "475-221 BCE"; Geography changed from "North Gate of Changsha Tomb, China" to "China, possibly Hunan province, Changsha or kingdom of Chu"; and added Chinese caption by Jingmin Zhang.
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