1. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, May 3, 2018) Period one changed from "Late Shang dynasty or early Western Zhou dynasty" to "Late Shang dynasty"; period two changed from "late Anyang period" to "Anyang period"; date changed from "ca. 1100-1000 BCE" to "ca. 1300-ca. 1050 BCE"; geography changed from "China" to "China, probably Henan province, Anyang"; medium changed from "Jade" to "Jade (nephrite)"; added Chinese object caption by Jingmin Zhang; and added unpublished research by Louisa Fitzgerald Huber.
2. (YinYing Chen per Keith Wilson, February 22, 2023)
Change title from "Pendant in the form of a dragon" to "Pendant in the form of a dragon, probably reworked from a tube (cong 琮)."
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.
Change medium from "Jade (neprhite)" to "Jade (neprhite) imported from the northeast."
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