Object: Pendant in the form of a dragon with raised dragon elements S1987.485

Classification: Jewelry and Ornament

Historical period(s): Warring States period, Eastern Zhou dynasty, 475-400 BCE

Object Date: 475-400 BCE

Medium: Jade (nephrite)

Dimension(s): H x W x D: 3.5 x 9.6 x 0.6 cm (1 3/8 x 3 3/4 x 1/4 in)

Origin: China

Credit Line: Gift of Arthur M. Sackler

Collection: Arthur M. Sackler Collection

Accession Number: S1987.485

: 凸面簡化變形龍紋龍形佩
東周戰國早期（公元前475--400年）
中國
軟玉
高3.5、寬9.6、厚0.6釐米
亞瑟·M·賽克勒贈送
器物編號：S1987.485

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 #252: "Pair of pendants. Double S curve. Relief spirals. gray" 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 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. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, December 27, 2021) Added "Warring States period" to Period Two; changed Object Name from "Jewelry" to "Pendant"; Title changed from "Pendant (pei) in the form of a dragon" to "Pendant in the form of a dragon with raised dragon elements"; Date changed from "6th-5th century BCE" to "475-400 BCE"; and added Chinese translation.
4. (Jeffrey Smith per Matthew Clarke, July 11, 2022) Medium changed from "Jade" to "Jade (nephrite)."

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