1. (Fu Xinian 傅熹年, November 23, 1987) Attributed to the Western Zhou 周 dynasty.
2. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, July 17, 2008) Jewelry added as secondary classification.
3. (Susan Kitsoulis per Keith Wilson, June 23, 2010) Object name changed from "Pendant: fish" to "Jewelry."
4. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, July 11, 2019) Title changed from "Fish Pendant" to "Pendant in the form of a fish, reworked"; Period One changed from "Western Zhou dynasty" to "Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period"; date change from "11th century BCE" to "ca. 1300-ca. 1050 BCE"; Geography changed from "China" to "Chinal probably Henan province, Anyang"; added Chinese caption by Jingmin Zhang; and added the following to the description field, "Pendant, curved fish; few carved details; pierced twice; translucent mottled tans. (Mostly calcified; chips; surface deterioration; deposits.)"
Object name changed from "Pendant" to "Jewelry."
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