Object: Ornament in the form of a dragon with raised uniform curls arranged in a grid S1987.483

Classification: Jewelry and Ornament

Historical period(s): Warring States period, Eastern Zhou dynasty, 475-221 BCE

Object Date: 475-221 BCE

Medium: Jade (nephrite)

Dimension(s): H x W x D: 11.7 x 34.3 x 0.7 cm (4 5/8 x 13 1/2 x 1/4 in)

Origin: China

Credit Line: Gift of Arthur M. Sackler

Collection: Arthur M. Sackler Collection

Accession Number: S1987.483

凸面規則網格谷紋龍形飾
東周戰國時期（公元前475--221年）
中國
軟玉
高11.7、寬34.3、厚0.7釐米
亞瑟·M·賽克勒贈送
器物編號：S1987.483

Provenance: To 1959
Abel William Bahr (1877–1959), Shanghai, China; London, England; Montreal, Canada; New York, NY; and Ridgefield, Connecticut [1]

From 1959 to 1963
Edna Bahr (1907–1986) by inheritance upon the death of Abel William Bahr [2]

From 1963 to 1987
Arthur M. Sackler, New York, NY, purchased from the Bahr Collection in 1963 [3]

From 1987
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Dr. Arthur M. Sackler on September 11, 1987 [4]

Notes:

[1] According to information provided by the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, October 9, 2009.

[2] Edna Bahr inherited upon the death of her father, Abel William Bahr. Edna Bahr divided the collection, making gifts to museums and selling to private collectors. She sold several pieces to Arthur M. Sackler in 1963.

[3] See #245: “Dragon pendant. Regardant. Double S curve. Engraved. Has been broken and mended. Edges missing in part,” on list provided by the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, October 9, 2009, copy in object file.

[4] Pursuant to the agreement between Dr. Arthur M. Sackler and the Smithsonian Institution, dated July 28, 1982, legal title of the donated objects was transferred to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery on September 11, 1987.

Previous owner(s): Abel William Bahr (1877-1959)
Edna H. Bahr (1907-1986)
Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987)

Curatorial Remarks

1. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, July 1, 2008) "Jewelry" added as secondary classification.
2. (Susan Kitsoulis per Keith Wilson, June 15, 2010) Title changed from "Pendant (pei 佩): dragon" to "Pendant in the form of a dragon"; Object Name from "Pendant: dragon" to "Jewelry."
3. (Jeffrey Smith per Matthew Clarke, July 11, 2022) Medium changed from "Jade" to "Jade (nephrite)."
4. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, March 30, 2023) Title changed from "Pendant (pei) in the form of a dragon"; Date changed from "3rd century BCE" to "475-221 BCE"; and added Chinese caption by Jingmin Zhang.

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