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."
3. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, May 4, 2018) Title changed from "Pendant (yu pei) in the form of a fish" to "Pendant in the form of a fish"; period one changed from "Shang or Western Zhou dynasty" to "Late Shang dynasty"; period two added "Anyang period"; geography changed from "China" to "China, probably Henan province, Anyang"; date changed from "11th-10th century BCE" to "ca. 1300-ca. 1050 BCE"; medium changed from "Jade" to "Jade (nephrite)"; object name changed from "Jewelry" to "Pendant"; dimensions changed from "H x W x D: 10.4 x 1.8 x 0.3 cm (4 1/8 x 11/16 x 1/8 in)" to "H x W x D: 1.8 × 10.4 × 0.3 cm (11/16 × 4 1/8 × 1/8 in)"; added Chinese object caption by Jingmin Zhang; added the following to the description field, "This fish is fashioned from a slender, slightly biconical piece of jade. The head is defined by a circular eye and curving gill. The tapering mouth has a small perforation. Diagonal lines indicate the upper and lower fins. Both portions of the tail are elegantly curved. (Slight flaking [calcification?] around eye; some calcification clouding.)"; and added past label text by Thomas Lawton.
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