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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.143
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/205172

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Mottled bluish gray-green nephrite with darker markings
Dimensions
30.2 x 6.5 x 7.5 cm (11 7/8 x 2 9/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
unspecified: 3521 g
Technical Details

Technical Observations:
Raman Spectroscopy

Raman was performed by Katherine Eremin, and the object was identified as nephrite.

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. 361 by Max Loehr:

361 Tall Ts’ung
Of the same shape and the same kind of stone at No. 360, with which it forms a pair. The color of the stone is largely grayish buff here, and one corner of the prismatic body is broken off. Eastern Chou.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.143
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. 361, p. 243

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