Jade 'Cong' | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.508
Title: Jade 'Cong'
Other Titles: Alternate Title: ts'ung
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: prism
Date: c. 1100 - 771 BCE
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Zhou dynasty, Western Zhou period, c. 1050-771 BCE
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/204869

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Pale green translucent nephrite with brown and buff markings
Dimensions: H. 7.5 x W. 7 x D. 7 cm (2 15/16 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Weight 423 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. 406 by Max Loehr:

406 Ts’ung
Four-sided perforated prism with a tubular projection at either end, of pale green translucent jade with brown and buff markings. The inner wall of the cylindrical perforation is perfectly smooth. Late Eastern Chou(?).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.508

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, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975), cat. no. 406, p. 278

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