Object: Pendant in the form of a dragon with incised irregular curls S1987.484

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

: 凹面不規則谷紋龍形佩
東周戰國時期（公元前475--221年）
中國
軟玉
高3.6、寬10.4、厚0.3釐米
亞瑟·M·賽克勒贈送
器物編號：S1987.484

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

1959-1963
Edna Bahr (1907-1986) by inheritance up 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 #248: “Pair of pendants double S curve. Engraved spirals on body. Green. One has broken edge. Wooden box,” on list provided by the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation on October 9, 2009, entitled Bahr Collection, copy in object file. The purported mate was not given to the museum.

[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)
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 23, 2010) Object Name changed from "Pendant: fish dragon" to "Jewelry." Title changed from "Pendant (pei 佩): fish dragon" to "Pendant (pei 佩) in the form of a fish dragon."
3. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, December 29, 2021) Added Period Two as "Warring States period"; Object Name changed from "Jewelry" to "Pendant"; Title changed from "Pendant (pei) in the form of a fish dragon" to "Pendant in the form of a dragon with incised irregular curls"; Date changed from "5th-4th century BCE" to "475-221 BCE"; and added Chinese translation.
4. (Jeffrey Smith per Matthew Clarke, July 11, 2022) Medium changed from "Jade" to "Jade (nephrite)."

Pendant in the form of a dragon with incised irregular curls