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Catalog Data

Medium:
Jade (nephrite)
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 2.7 x 2.5 x 0.6 cm (1 1/16 x 1 x 1/4 in)
Type:
Jewelry and Ornament
Origin:
Anyang, Probably Henan province, China
Date:
ca. 1300-1050 BCE
Period:
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
Description:
Pendant bird-swallow (?) with wings spread; engraved; pierced loop; translucent yellow-gray. (Spotty areas of calcification, some powdery and worn.)
Provenance:
To 1959
Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), Shanghai, China, London, England, Montreal, Canada, New York, NY, and Ridgefield, Connecticut
[1]
From 1959 to 1963
Edna H. Bahr (d. 1978), United States and England, acquired by descent from her father, Abel William Bahr
From 1963 to 1987
Dr. Arthur M. Sackler, New York, purchased from the Edna H. Bahr in 1963 [2]
From 1987
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Dr. Arthur M. Sackler on September 11, 1987 [3]
Notes:
[1] According to information provided by the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, October 9, 2009.
[2] See #510:
"Bird spread wing grey-cream," on list provided by the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, October 9, 2009, copy in object file.
[3] Pursuant to the agreement between Dr. 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.
Collection:
Arthur M. Sackler Collection
Previous custodian or owner:
Abel William Bahr (1877-1959)
Edna H. Bahr (1907-1986)
Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987)
Topic:
carving  Search this
jade  Search this
nephrite  Search this
bird  Search this
Anyang period, Late Shang dynasty (ca. 1300 - 1050 BCE)  Search this
China  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Arthur M. Sackler
Accession Number:
S1987.543
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
Jades for Life and Death
See more items in:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3f53b365b-cae4-455c-8371-b2a7f0e8f775
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_S1987.543