Object: Hand grip in the form of a pig S1987.681

Classification: Ceremonial Object

Historical period(s): Han dynasty, 206 BCE-220 CE

Object Date: 206 BCE-220 CE

Medium: Jade (nephrite)

Dimension(s): H x W x D: 11 x 2.7 x 3.1 cm (4 5/16 x 1 1/16 x 1 1/4 in)

Origin: China

Credit Line: Gift of Arthur M. Sackler

Collection: Arthur M. Sackler Collection

Accession Number: S1987.681

: 豬形握
漢代（公元前206-公元220年）
中國
軟玉
高2.7、寬11、厚3.1釐米
亞瑟·M·賽克勒贈送
器物編號：S1987.681

Provenance: To 1959
Diedrich Abbes (1866–1959), Greenwich, Connecticut [1]

1959 to 1987
Arthur M. Sackler, New York, NY, purchased from the estate of Diedrich Abbes on July 10, 1959, through Frank Caro, C. T. Loo Chinese Art, New York [2]

From 1987
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Arthur M. Sackler in 1987 [3]

Notes:

[1] See note on Arthur M. Sackler, M.D. letterhead acknowledging the “purchase and receipt of 17 pieces of stone carvings of the Shang, Yin Chou [Zhou] and Chou [Zhou] periods from the Dietrich Abbes collection. The price in full, exclusive of commission, will be paid as indicated by this note in two installments,” copy in object file.

[2] See note 1. For Frank Caro's involvement, see Letter to Frank Caro from Arnold J. Bai of the Law Firm Goldstein and Peck, Bridgeport, Connecticut, September 28, 1960, copy in object file. The letter asks Frank Caro to have (presumably) his client, Arthur M. Sackler, to send the final payment for the Diedrich Abbes Collection of jades to the law firm. Goldstein and Peck mistakenly identify Mr. Caro’s business as C. T. Loo Company, when it was called C. T. Loo Chinese Art.

[3] Pursuant to the agreement between 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): C.T. Loo Chinese Art (1953-1961)
Frank Caro (1904-1980)
Diedrich Abbes (1866-1959)
Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987)

Curatorial Remarks

1. (Jeffrey Smith per Matthew Clarke, July 25, 2022) Medium changed from Jade to Jade (nephrite).
2. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, November 27, 2023) Title changed from "Pig (zhu)" to " Hand grip in the form of a pig"; Object Classification changed from "Sculpture" to "Ceremonial Object"; Object Name changed from "Figure: pig" to "Hand grip"; Date changed from "2nd century BCE-2nd century CE" to "206 BCE-220 CE"; and added Chinese caption by Jingmin Zhang.

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