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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.507
Title
Jade 'Cong'
Other Titles
Alternate Title: ts'ung
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
prism
Date
c. 3300 - c. 2000 BCE (?)
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture, c. 3300-2200 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204527

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Mottled light and dark brown stone
Dimensions
H. 5 x W. 7.5 x D. 7.5 cm (1 15/16 x 2 15/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Weight 480 g

Published Text

Catalogue
Ancient Chinese Jades from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
Authors
Max Loehr and Louisa G. Fitzgerald Huber
Publisher
Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975)

Catalogue entry no. 234 by Max Loehr:

234 Ts’ung
Mottled light and dark brown stone. The sides of the prism are slightly convex; its corners show shallow horizontal grooves. The inner wall of the cylinder is irregularly rounded; the outer rim as been squared off so as not to exceed the width of the prism. Probably Western Chou.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.507
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Max Loehr and Louisa G. Fitzgerald Huber, Ancient Chinese Jades from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, Fogg Art Museum, 1975)., cat. no. 234, p. 180

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