Object: Pendant in the form of a bird, reworked S1987.543

: 鳥形飾（二次加工）
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2.5、厚0.6釐米
亞瑟·M·賽克勒贈送
器物編號：S1987.543

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 #510: "Bird spread wing grey-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 bird-swallow (?) with wings spread; engraved; pierced loop; translucent yellow-gray. (Spotty areas of calcification, some powdery and worn.)

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. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, July 28, 2019) Title changed from "Pendant (pei) in the form of a bird" to "Pendant in the form of a bird, reworked"; Period One changed from "Shang dynasty" to "Late Shang dynasty"; date changed from "ca. 1200-1000 BCE" to "ca. 1300-ca. 1050 BCE"; Geography changed from "China" to "China, probably Henan province, Anyang"; changed Object name from "Pendant" to "Jewelry"; and added the following to the Description field, "Pendant bird-swallow (?) with wings spread; engraved; pierced loop; translucent yellow-gray. (Spotty areas of calcification, some powdery and worn.)"

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Pendant in the form of a bird, reworked