H x W x D: 5.3 x 4.1 x 0.5 cm (2 1/16 x 1 5/8 x 3/16 in)
Culture:
Shijiahe culture, ca. 2500-ca. 2000 BCE Search this
Type:
Jewelry and Ornament
Origin:
Hubei province, Middle Yangzi valley, China
Date:
ca. 2500 - 2000 BCE
Period:
Late Neolithic period
Description:
Pendant, profile bird; low carved details, some openwork; translucent greenish-white. (Spotty calcification; one end broken off.)
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-517, "1 jade piece," 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:
The Arts of China (November 18, 1990 to September 7, 2014)
