Object: Pendant with dragon head and interlaced dragons, from a set of four, reworked S1987.528

Classification: Jewelry and Ornament

Historical period(s): Eastern Zhou dynasty, ca. 600-476 BCE

Object Date: ca. 600-476 BCE

Medium: Jade (nephrite)

Dimension(s): H x W x D: 1.1 × 8.9 × 0.6 cm (7/16 × 3 1/2 × 1/4 in)

Origin: China

Credit Line: Gift of Arthur M. Sackler

Collection: Arthur M. Sackler Collection

Accession Number: S1987.528

龍首和交龍紋佩，四件一套之一（重加工）
東周春秋時期（公元前600--476年）
中國
軟玉
高1.1、寬8.9、厚0.6釐米
亞瑟·M·賽克勒贈送
器物編號：S1987.528

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
Dr. 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 #381-382: “Pair of semi circular tiger pendants, engraved,” on list provided by the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation on October 9, 2009, entitled Bahr Collection, 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.

Research Completed July 7, 2022

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

Curatorial Remarks

1. According to Thomas Lawton, Fu Shen, Glenn D. Lowry, Ann Yonemura, and Milo C. Beach, Asian Art in the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: The Inaugural Gift (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1987), p. 100, this pendant forms a set with S1987.526, S1987.527, and S1987.529.
2. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, July 1, 2008) "Jewelry" added as secondary classification.
3. (Susan Kitsoulis per Keith Wilson, June 23, 2010) Object Name changed from "Pendant: dragon" to "Jewelry." Title changed from "Pendant (longpei 龍佩): dragon" to "Pendant (longpei 龍佩) in the form of a dragon."
4. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, July 7, 2022) Title changed from "Pendant (long pei) in the form of a dragon" to "Pendant with dragon head and interlaced dragons, from a set of four, reworked"; Date changed from "6th century BCE" to "ca. 600-476 BCE"; and added Chinese translation.
5. (Jeffrey Smith per Matthew Clarke, July 25, 2022) Medium changed from Jade to Jade (nephrite).
6. (Najiba Choudhury, December 23, 2022) Object name changed from "Jewelry" to "Pendant".

Published References

et al. Asian Art in the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: The Inaugural Gift. Washington, 1987. cat. 56c, p. 100.

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