Pendant in the form of a bird

By 1925
C. T. Loo & Company, Paris, France [1]

By 1988
Dr. Paul Singer, Summit, NJ [2]

1997 to 1999
In the custody of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, upon Paul Singer’s death in January 1997 and a loan agreement between the Executors of the Singer Estate and the Gallery in February 1997 [3]

From 1999
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, Paul Singer, the AMS Foundation for the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities, and the Children of Arthur M. Sackler [4]

Notes:

[1] Object published in: M. Paul Pelliot, Jades Archaïques de Chine, Appartenant a M. C. T. Loo (Paris: Librairie Nationale d’Art et d’Histoirre, 1925), planche XXII, no.4 (ill).

[2] A large catalogue project for Dr. Paul Singer’s collection of Chinese Art was drafted but never published. Max Loehr (1903-1988) wrote a catalogue entry for this object before his death, copy in object file.

The collection of Chinese art and antiquities assembled by Paul Singer was purchased by him on behalf of Arthur M. Sackler, Jillian Sackler, the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, the AMS Foundation for the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities and later was transferred to the children of Arthur M. Sackler.

[3] The Dr. Paul Singer Collection of Chinese Art came into the custody of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, upon Paul Singer’s death in January 1997 and a loan agreement between the Executors of the Singer Estate and the Gallery in February 1997.

[4] See “The Dr. Paul Singer Collection of Chinese Art Gift Agreement,” March 1999, Collections Management Office. This object was formally accessioned into the museum collection in 2012.