1. Bought from K. T. Wong [Wang Jiantang] 王鑑堂, Shanghai 上海. For price, see Original Miscellaneous List, p. 228. $405
2. (Undated Folder Sheet note) Original attribution: Chinese. Shang 商. See further, S.I. 1032, Appendix VIII (see Paragraph 5).
3. (Undated Folder Sheet note) Sp. G. is 3.001. Nephrite.
4. (Isabel Ingram Mayer, 1946) Chou [Zhou] 周 dynasty.
5. (H. Elise Buckman, 1964) The Envelope File contained no further information, and has now been destroyed.
6. (Julia K. Murray, 1982) For a discussion of the tall ts'ung [cong] 琮 with segemented-band decor, a type found in the late Neolithic jade inventory in eastern China, see Folder Sheet F1916.410.
The tubular element of this ts'ung [cong] 琮 does not project at all beyond the top and bottom of the square outer element (cf. F1917.96). The hole is very smoothly drilled and its shape more perfect than on the other tall ts'ung [cong] 琮 of the Neolithic type, suggesting perhaps that it was made with more advanced tools. The segmented decor is very simplified consisting of shallow horizontal grooves and a broad, shallow vertical channel bisecting each of the outer walls. For the time being it seems best to leave the Western Chou [Zhou] 周 attribution until further comparative material is available to clarify the period of this ts'ung [cong] 琮.
7. (Stephen Allee per Keith Wilson, February 4, 2008) On this date entered: Period One (Late Neolithic period), Date (3300--2250 BCE), Artist (Liangzhu 良渚 culture), Title, Object name, Geographical region (Lake Tai 太湖 region); plus Description per Jenny F. So and Dimensions per Christine Lee, from Jade Project Database.
8. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, July 17, 2008) Ceremonial Objects added as secondary classification.
9. (Susan Kitsoulis per Keith Wilson, April 20, 2010) Title changed from "Tall tube (cong 琮)" to "Tube (cong 琮)."
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