Pendant in the form of a stag
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1050-ca. 950 BCE
label: Period
content: Western Zhou dynasty
notes: label: Description
content: The jade stag is presented in silhouette, with its characteristic horns extending backward to repeat the curving form of the stag’s body. Details such as the eye, ear, and haunches are indicated with beveled lines. The animal’s cloven hooves are schematically presented. There is a circular perforation on the stag’s throat. (Mostly calcified; old stickers adhering to back; small nicks and surface cracks; some antler tips broken off; soil and cinnabar adhering.)
label: Provenance
content: C. T. Loo & Co., Paris and New York [1]
label: Provenance
content: From at least 1930 to at least 1939
label: Provenance
content: Mrs. Christian R. Holmes (died 1941), New York and "The Chimneys," Sands Point, Port Washington, Long Island, from at least 1930 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From at least 1959
label: Provenance
content: Tonying & Company, New York, from at least 1959 [3]
label: Provenance
content: From 1959 to 1987
label: Provenance
content: Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987), New York, purchased from Tonying and Company on November 25, 1959 [4]
label: Provenance
content: From 1987
label: Provenance
content: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Dr. Arthur M. Sackler on September 11, 1987 [5]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] According to Umehara Sueji, Shina Kokyoku Zuroku (Kuwara Bansei-do, 1955), pl. 75, no. 3.
label: Provenance
content: [2] According to Otto Kümmel, Jörg Trübner zum Gedächtnis: Ergebnisse seiner letzten chinesischen Reisen (Berlin, Klinkhardt & Biermann Verlag, 1930), p. 60, pl. 30c. In 1939 Mrs. Holmes lent the jade to 3000 Years of Chinese Jade exhibition at Arden Gallery in New York, see
label: Provenance
content: 3000 Years of Chinese Jade, exh. cat. (New York: Arden Gallery, January 10-February 11, 1939), cat. 95 (ill.).
label: Provenance
content: [3] See Tonying & Company’s invoice, issued to Arthur M. Sackler, dated November 25, 1959, in which the jade is listed under no. Jo 31: “Archaic Jade Deer / Shang,” copy in object file, provided by Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, October 2009.
label: Provenance
content: [4] See Tonying & Company’s invoice cited in note 2.
label: Provenance
content: [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.
label: Collection
content: Arthur M. Sackler Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: The Arts of China (November 18, 1990 to September 7, 2014)
label: Exhibition History
content: In Praise of Ancestors: Ritual Objects from China (September 28, 1987 to January 1, 1989)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: C. T. Loo & Company (1914-1948)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Mrs. Christian R. Holmes (1871-1941)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Tonying and Company 通運公司 (established 1902)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987)
place: label: Origin
content: China
topic: label: Topic
content: carving
label: Topic
content: jade
label: Topic
content: nephrite
label: Topic
content: Western Zhou dynasty (ca. 1050 - 771 BCE)
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: Chinese Art
label: Topic
content: stag
setName: label: Related Online Resources
content: Google Arts & Culture
label: Related Online Resources
content: Jades for Life and Death
label: See more items in
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Arthur M. Sackler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: S1987.869
objectType: label: Type
content: Jewelry and Ornament
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Jade (nephrite)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 7.6 x 7.7 x 0.6 cm (3 x 3 1/16 x 1/4 in)