H x W x D: 3.8 x 1.8 x 0.8 cm (1 1/2 x 11/16 x 5/16 in)
Type:
Jewelry and Ornament
Origin:
China
Date:
475-221 BCE
Period:
Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period
Provenance:
To 1963
J. T. Tai & Co., New York, New York [1]
From 1963 to 1987
Dr. 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-2690, 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)
In Praise of Ancestors: Ritual Objects from China (September 28, 1987 to January 1, 1989)
