Object: Pendant in the form of a dragon F1914.104

Classification: Jewelry and Ornament

Historical period(s): Anyang period, Late Shang dynasty, ca. 1300-1050 BCE

Object Date: ca. 1300-1050 BCE

Medium: Jade (nephrite)

Dimension(s): H x W x D: 9.5 x 6.7 x 0.6 cm (3 3/4 x 2 5/8 x 1/4 in)

Origin: China, probably Henan province, Anyang

Credit Line: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Collection: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Accession Number: F1914.104

: 龍形飾
晚商安陽時期（公元前1300-1050年）
中國，疑似河南安陽市
軟玉
高9.5、寬6.7、厚0.6釐米
查爾斯·蘭·佛利爾贈送
器物編號: F1914.104

Provenance: To 1914
Yamanaka & Company, New York [1]

From 1914 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York, in 1914 [2]

From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Reserved Miscellaneous List, R. 5681, p. 7, Freer Galley of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See note 1.

[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

Previous owner(s): Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (C.L. Freer source) (1917-1965)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Description: Ornament; flat sickle-shaped pendant in form of stylized dragon, round perforation for eye and incision for mouth, smaller perforation for cord; translucent grayish green with dark gray clouding; areas of cream-colored disintegration and earth incrustation; red stain.

Curatorial Remarks

1. Bought from Yamanaka 山中 and Company, New York. For price, see R. 5681, Reserved Miscellaneous List, p. 7.

2. (Undated Folder Sheet note) Original attribution: Han 漢. See above reference.

3. (Undated Folder Sheet note) Sp. G. is 2.933.

4. (Carl Whiting Bishop, 1922) See F1918.42 and F1918.43 for similarly shaped objects.

5. (Archibald Gibson Wenley, 1946) Han 漢 dynasty.

6. (Thomas Lawton, 1978) Period uncertain. Late Eastern Chou [Zhou] 周, Warring States period.

7. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, July 1, 2008) Jewelry added as secondary classification.

8. (Stephen Allee, November 17, 2008) Added "Yamanaka 山中 and Company, New York" to Constituents: Source. Changed Title from "Ornament, flat, of sickle form; two perforations" to "Pendant in the shape of a sickle." Changed Object Name from "Pendant: sickle" to "Jewelry (pendant)." Added Dimensions per Christine Lee, from Jade Project Database. Added "Warring States period" to Period Two.

9. (Susan Kitsoulis per Keith Wilson, May 24, 2010) Changed object name from "Jewelry (pendant)" to "Jewelry."

10. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, May 2, 2018) Title changed from "Pendant in the shape of a sickle" to "Pendant in the form of a dragon"; Period One changed from "Eastern Zhou dynasty" to "Late Shang dynasty"; Period Two changed from "Warring States period" to "Anyang period"; Date changed from "475-221 BCE" to "ca. 1300-ca. 1050 BCE"; Geography changed from "China" to "China, probably Henan province, Anyang"; Medium changed from "Jade" to "Jade (nephrite)"; Object name changed from "Jewelry" to "Pendant"; added Chinese Translation by Jingmin Zhang; and added the following Description, "Ornament; flat sickle-shaped pendant in form of stylized dragon, round perforation for eye and incision for mouth, smaller perforation for cord; translucent grayish green with dark gray clouding; areas of cream-colored disintegration and earth incrustation; red stain."
11. (Jeffrey Smith per Keitca. 1300-1050 BCE ca. 1300-1050 BCE h Wilson, November 18, 2024) Date changed from "ca. 1300- ca. 1050 BCE" to "ca. 1300 - 1050 BCE"

Published References

J. Keith Wilson, Jingmin Zhang. Jades for Life and Death. .

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