1943.50.153: Small Jade 'Cong'
Ritual ImplementsIdentification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.50.153
- Title
- Small Jade 'Cong'
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: ts'ung
- Classification
- Ritual Implements
- Work Type
- prism
- Date
- c. 2000 BCE - c. 1200 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Neolithic period to Shang dynasty
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/205259
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bone-colored, partly calcified nephrite with cinnabar adhering to the surfaces
- Dimensions
-
H. 4.5 x W. 5 x Diam. 4.3 cm (1 3/4 x 1 15/16 x 1 11/16 in.)
106 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. 110 by Max Loehr:
110 Small Ts’ung
Bone-colored, partly calcified jade with cinnabar adhering to the surfaces. The object has the form of a short, squarish prism penetrated by a slightly longer tube. Cylindrical perforation. Shang.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.50.153
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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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. 110, p. 106
Exhibition History
- S427: Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Jades, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/20/1985 - 04/30/2008
- Re-View: S228-230 Arts of Asia, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/31/2008 - 06/01/2013
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