Lot Essay
The shape of this pendant and the double-line scrolls that follow the curve of the body indicate that this piece is Late Shang in date. A general comparison may be made with an Early Western Zhou piece in Shang style from Zhangjiapo, Changan, Shaanxi, illustrated in Fengxi fajue baogao (1953-1957) (Excavations at Fengxi [1953-1957]), Beijing, 1963, p. 127, pl. LXXXV:3. The latter takes the same shape as the Sackler small pendant and therefore documents this small pendant as typical of Late Shang and Early Western Zhou