Small Jade 'Cong' | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.501
Title: Small Jade 'Cong'
Other Titles: Alternate Title: ts'ung
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: prism
Date: 16th cent. BCE - 11th cent. BCE
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Shang dynasty, c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/204836

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Bluish gray nephrite, partly calcified, with traces of soil and cinnabar
Dimensions: 1.6 x 5.3 x 4.4 cm (5/8 x 2 1/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
unspecified: 46 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. 111 by Max Loehr:

111 Small Ts’ung
Bluish gray jade, partly calcified, with traces of soil and cinnabar. Being of small dimensions, the object resembles a ring which has been squared off and had its corners chamfered. The perforation is cylindrical. Shang.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.501

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

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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. 111, p. 106

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