H x W x D: 2.7 x 4.4 x 1 cm (1 1/16 x 1 3/4 x 3/8 in)
Type:
Jewelry and Ornament
Origin:
China
Date:
ca. 1100-1000 BCE
Period:
Late Shang dynasty or Western Zhou dynasty
Description:
Pendant, profile bovine, carved nearly in round; pierced at mouth/jaw; translucent, light greenish-white. (Mostly calcified; chip in its front left foot; rear end degraded; surface cracks; more recent surface damage.)
Provenance:
To 1963
J. T. Tai & Co., New York, New York [1]
From 1963 to 1987
Arthur M. Sackler, New York, purchased from J. T. Tai & Co., New York, New York in 1963 [2]
From 1987
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Dr. Arthur M. Sackler on September 11, 1987 [3]
Notes:
[1] J. T. Tai's stockcard no. YT-2653, according to information provided by the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation on October 9, 2009.
[2] See Tai's invoice dated X/15/63, 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
Exhibition History:
Chinese Jade Animals (April 19 to July 14, 1996)
The Arts of China (November 18, 1990 to September 7, 2014)
