Object: Pendant in the form of a dragon S1987.544

Historical period(s): Anyang period, Late Shang dynasty, ca. 1300-ca. 1050 BCE

: 龍形飾
晚商安陽時期（公元前1300-1050年）
中國，疑似河南安陽市
軟玉
高2.2、寬4.6、厚0.7釐米
亞瑟·M·賽克勒贈送
器物編號：S1987.544

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), by descent from her father, Abel William Bahr

From 1963 to 1987
Dr. Arthur M. Sackler, New York, purchased from 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 #532: "Profile Kuei Grey-Green to 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, profile, engraved and pierced twice; translucent tan/green. (Some calcification; minor deposits.)

Past label text: 1. In Praise of Ancestors, September 28, 1987–January 5, 1989; by Thomas Lawton (additional pendants and bronzes shown in same case)

Pendant (Pei 珮)
11th century BCE
Western Zhou 周 dynasty
China
Jade

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: dragon" to "Jewelry." Title changed from "Pendant (pei 珮): dragon" to "Pendant (pei 珮) in the form of a dragon."

3. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, May 3, 2018) Title changed from "Pendant (pei) in the form of a dragon)" to "Pendant in the form of a dragon"; period one changed from "Western Zhou dynasty" to "Late Shang dynasty"; period two added "Anyang period"; date changed from "11th century BCE" to "ca. 1300-1050 BCE"; geography changed from "China" to "China, probably Henan province, Anyang"; medium changed from "Jade" to "Jade (nephrite)"; object name changed from "Jewelry" to "Pendant"; added Chinese object caption by Jingmin Zhang; added the following description "Pendant, profile, engraved and pierced twice; translucent tan/green. (Some calcification; minor deposits.)"; and added past label text by Thomas Lawton.

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Pendant in the form of a dragon