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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.503
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/204525

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Sea-green translucent nephrite with brownish clouds and dark brown veins
Dimensions
H. 13.2 x W. 6.3 x D. 6.3 cm (5 3/16 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)
Weight 1092 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. 404 by Max Loehr:

404 Ts’ung
The object, made of sea-green translucent jade with brownish clouds and dark brown veins and cracks, has the shape of a perforated four-sided prism, the ends of which are transformed into octagonal walls. The perforation is drilled from both ends and rubbed 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
1943.50.503
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, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975), cat. no. 404, p. 276

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