Object: Pendant in the form of a bird S1987.542

: 鳥形飾
晚商安陽時期（公元前1300-1050年）
中國，疑似河南安陽市
軟玉
高2.7、寬2、厚0.4釐米
亞瑟·M·賽克勒贈送
器物編號：S1987.542

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 H. Bahr (d. 1978), United States and England, acquired by descent from her father, Abel William Bahr

From 1963 to 1987
Dr. Arthur M. Sackler, New York, purchased from the Edna H. Bahr in 1963 [2]

From 1987
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Dr. Arthur M. Sackler on September 11, 1987 [3]

Notes:

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

[2] See #509: "Bird Cream," on list provided by the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, October 9, 2009, copy in object file.

[3] 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)

Description: Pendant in the shape of a bird; fine engraving on one side; pierced loop; opaque cream, matte surface. (Calcified; some edges worn to powder; old, large chip or cut.)

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 珮): bird" to "Pendant in the form of a bird"; Object name from "Pendant: bird" to "Jewelry."
3. (Jeffrey Smith, September 9, 2019) Title changed from "Pendant (pei) in the form of a bird" to "Pendant in the form of a bird." Date changed from "ca. 12th-11th century BCE" to "ca. 1300-1050 BCE"; changed Object name from "Pendant" to "Jewelry"; and Geography changed from "China" to "China, probably Henan province, Anyang."

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Pendant in the form of a bird