Jade 'Cong' | Harvard Art Museums

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

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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. 237, p. 182

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