Pendant in the form of a fish, one of a pair

Object Details

• Description

  Pendant incised fish in profile; large pierced hole at head; dark green with white clouds; large suspension hole. (Spotty calcification; minor deposits. Dark stain from old label [?]. Fine scratch on that same side.)

• Provenance

  To 1959

  Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) [1]

  1959-1963

  Edna H. Bahr (d. 1978), acquired by descent from her father, Abel William Bahr

  1963-?

  Dr. Arthur M. Sackler, New York, purchased from Edna H. Bahr in 1963 [2]

  ?-1980

  Elizabeth Sackler, method of transfer unknown [3]

  1980-1987

  The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, gift of Elizabeth Sackler [4]

  From 1987

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation [5]

  Notes:

  [1] According to information provided by the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, October 9, 2009.

  [2] See no. 180-11.28 on list provided by the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, October 9, 2009, copy in object file.

  [3] See Letter to Elizabeth Sackler (Smith) from the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation from December 31, 1980, copy in object file.

  [4] See note 3.

  [5] 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

• Exhibition History

  In Praise of Ancestors: Ritual Objects from China (September 28, 1987 to January 1, 1989)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Abel William Bahr (1877-1959)

  Edna H. Bahr (1907-1986)

  Dr. Elizabeth A. Sackler (born 1948)

  Arthur M. Sackler Foundation (founded 1965)

• Origin

  Anyang, probably Henan province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation

• Type

  Jewelry and Ornament

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  collections.si.edu

• Date

  BCE 1000s

• Name

  Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, Bahr, Abel William, Bahr, Edna H., Sackler, Elizabeth A.

• Place

  China, Henan province, Anyang

• Topic

  Art, Carving, Chinese Art, Fishes, Anyang period, Late Shang dynasty (ca. 1300 - 1050 BCE), Nephrite, Jade

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Ornaments, Jewelry