Tall Jade 'Cong' | Harvard Art Museums

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

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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. 361, p. 243

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