Object: Ornament in the form of a stag, reworked S1987.584

Provenance: To 1963
J. T. Tai & Co., New York, New York [1]

From 1963 to 1987
Arthur M. Sackler, New York, purchased from J. T. Tai & Co., New York, New York, in 1963 [2]

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

Notes:

[1] J. T. Tai's stockcard no. YT-3451, according to information provided by the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation on October 9, 2009.

[2] See Tai's invoice dated X/15/63, 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): J. T. Tai & Co. (established in 1950)
Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987)

Description: Animal in profile; rounded edges; no decoration; semi-translucent green. (Clouds of calcification with some surface damage.)

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: stag" to "Jewelry." Title changed from "Pendant: stag" to "Pendant in the form of a stag."
3. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, February 3, 2020) Title changed from "Pendant in the form of a stag" to "Ornament in the form of a stag, reworked"; Period One changed from "Shang dynasty" to "Western Zhou dynasty"; Date changed from "ca. 1300-ca. 1000 BCE" to "ca. 1050-ca. 850 BCE"; added Chinese Caption by Jingmin Zhang; and added the following to the Description field, "Animal in profile; rounded edges; no decoration; semi-translucent green. (Clouds of calcification with some surface damage.)"

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Ornament in the form of a stag, reworked