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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.509
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/204837

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Mottled olive-green and deep russet nephrite
Dimensions
H. 8.5 x W. 7.1 x D. 7.1 cm (3 3/8 x 2 13/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
Weight 664 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. 237 by Max Loehr:

237 Ts’ung
Square prism with tubular projections, of mottled olive-green and deep russet jade. The eight corners are worked off at a slopping angle. The slightly convex sides are decorated like those of Nos. 235 and 236; in this case, there are only two bands in each of the two units—a short one and long one, both striated. The circular motifs are more distinct here. There is a cylindrical perforation. Late Western or early Eastern Chou.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.509
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. 237, p. 182

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