1. (Paul Singer, January 3, 1986) A piece quite close to this one was excavated from a Shang 商 tomb at Zou xian 鄒縣, Shandong 山東 province. See Chutu wenwu zhanlan gongzuozu 出土文物展覽工作組, ed., Wenhua dageming qijian chutu wenwu 文化大革命期間出土文物 (Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, 1972), p. 124.
2. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, July 1, 2008) Jewelry added as secondary classification.
3. (Susan Kitsoulis per Keith Wilson, June 15, 2010) Title changed from "Pendant (pei 珮): bird" to "Pendant in the form of a bird"; Object name from "Pendant: bird" to "Jewelry."
4. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, July 28, 2019) Title changed from "Pendant (pei) in the form of a bird" to "Pendant in the form of a bird, reworked"; Period One changed from "Shang dynasty" to "Late Shang dynasty"; date changed from "ca. 13th-11th century BCE" to "ca. 1300-ca. 1050 BCE"; Geography changed from "China" to "China, probably Henan province, Anyang"; added Past Label Text from exhibition, In Praise of Ancestors, and Ancient Chinese Jades and Bronzes; and added the following to the Description field, "This stylized owl is decorated all over the back and wings with a mask, worked in flat relief. Only the outline of the wings and the striated tail create a bird. The stone is greenish-gray. (Old labels adhere to back; large chip in right side; soil and cinnabar adhere; flaw on bottom; nick in left wing tip, bottom.)"
Object name changd from "pendant" to "jewelry."
5. (YinYing Chen per Keith Wilson, February 22, 2023)
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.
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