Object Title
Three-hole pendant
Measurements
2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm) l.
Creation Date
Neolithic period, ca. 3000-1500 BC or later, Liangzhu culture
Credit Line
Gift of Richard and Jean Salisbury, Class of 1949
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://library24.library.cornell.edu:8280/luna/servlet/s/rmn4m8
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Tang Dynasty, or earlier (618-906 CE)
Provenance Information
1986 with Christie's New York, sale # 6284, lot no. 237; 1986 - 1995 collection of Richard J. Salisbury (d. 1995), New Jersey (purchased through Christie's, sale # 6284); 1995 estate of Richard J. Salisbury; 1995 - 2008 collection of Jean Salisbury, Vero Beach, FL (acquired through inheritance); 2008 Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (gift of Jean Salisbury)
Exhibition Information
Christie's, New York, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, December 2, 1986, sale no. 6284, lot # 237, November 26 - December 1, 1986.
China House Gallery, China Institute in America, New York, Ritual and Power: Jades of Ancient China, April 22 - June 18, 1988.
China House Gallery, China Institute in America, New York, Ritual and Power: Jades of Ancient China, April 22 - June 18, 1988.
Publication Information
Christie's, New York, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, December 2, 1986, sale no. 6284 [an auction cat.]. (New York: Christie's, 1986); ref. p. 118, color illus. p. 119, lot # 237.
Childs-Johnson, Elizabeth. Ritual and Power: Jades of Ancient China [an exh. cat.]. (New York: China Institute in America, 1988); ref. p. 18, cat. no. 28. [no illus.].
Childs-Johnson, Elizabeth. Ritual and Power: Jades of Ancient China [an exh. cat.]. (New York: China Institute in America, 1988); ref. p. 18, cat. no. 28. [no illus.].
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Provenance for this object is established to at least 1986, in New York, where it was sold at auction and purchased directly by the donor. This object complements our collection, both individually and within the unique context of the larger gift.