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: fish" to "Jewelry." Title changed from "Pendant (yu pei 魚珮): fish" to "Pendant (pei 珮) in the form of a fish."
3. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, July 27, 2017) Title changed from "Pendant (yu pei) in the form of a fish to "Pendant in the form of a fish, probably reworked from a flanged bracelet or collared disk"; object name changed from "jewelry" to "pendant"; period one changed from "Shang dynasty" to "Late Shang dynasty"; period two added "Anyang period"; date changed from "ca. 11th century BCE" to "ca. 1300-ca. 1050 BCE"; geography changed from "China" to "China, probably Henan province, Anyang"; medium changed from "jade" to "jade (nephrite); added Chinese object caption by Jingmin Zhang; added the following to the description field, "Curved fish pendant; carved details; horizontal flange on inside curve; pierced; translucent green. (Slight calcification.)"; and added past label text by Thomas Lawton.
4. (YinYing Chen per Keith Wilson, February 21, 2023)
Change title from "Pendant in the form of a fish, probably reworked from a flanged bracelet or collared disk" to "Pendant in the form of a fish, reworked from a collared disk."
Change title from "魚形飾,似由凸緣鐲或有領璧後期加工而成" to "魚形飾,似由有領璧後期加工而成".
Change date from "ca. 1300-ca. 1050 BCE" to "ca. 1250- ca. 1050 BCE."
Change date from "公元前1300-1050年" to "公元前1250-1050年" in the translation field.
Change medium from "Jade (nephrite)" to "Jade (nephrite) imported from the northeast."
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