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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.142
Title
Tall Jade 'Cong'
Other Titles
Alternate Title: ts'ung
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
prism
Date
c. 3300 BCE - 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/205272

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Mottled bluish gray-green stone with darker markings
Dimensions
30.5 x 6.3 x 7.1 cm (12 x 2 1/2 x 2 13/16 in.)
unspecified: 3604 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. 360 by Max Loehr:

360 Tall Ts’ung
Slight tapering, square prism with a thick-walled tubular projection at either end, fashioned of a mottled bluish gray-green stone with darker markings. In shape and decoration it resembles Nos. 358 and 359 very closely, but it is considerably larger and has ten superposed units of décor. The wall of the perforation shows the same kind of overlap as observed in the previous two pieces. Eastern Chou.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.142
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. 360, p. 242

Exhibition History

  • S427: Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Jades, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/20/1985 - 04/30/2008

Verification Level

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