1. Bought from Lee Van Ching [Li Wenqing] 李文卿, of Shanghai 上海, in New York. For price, see Original Miscellaneous List, p. 262. $350
2. (Undated Folder Sheet note) Original attribution: Chinese. Chou [Zhou] 周. See further, S.I. 1150, Appendix VIII.
3. (Archibald Gibson Wenley, 1946) Chou [Zhou] 周 dynasty.
4. (Undated Folder Sheet note) Sp. G. is 2.999. Nephrite.
5. (Undated Folder Sheet note) Exhibited: 1917, Chicago, Illinois. The Art Institute, no. 102.
6. (Thomas Lawton, 1973) The following information was carved on the box in which this object arrived: "San-tai tsu ts'ung [Sandai zu cong] 三代組琮."
7. (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 band-and-circle decor on ts'ung [cong] 琮 F1917.63 is organized in five horizontal registers, and each of the four walls is bisected vertically by a wide, shallow trough. Although the surface is described above as being "worn smooth," it seems more likely in view of the extreme hardness of jade that the decor merely was cut less deeply than in other examples.
Change to Neolithic, ca. 2000 BCE, from Western Chou [Zhou] 周 dynasty.
8. (Stephen Allee per Keith Wilson, February 8, 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 Dimensions per Christine Lee, from Jade Project Database.
9. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, July 17, 2008) Ceremonial Objects added as secondary classification.
10. (Susan Kitsoulis per Keith Wilson, April 20, 2010) Title changed from "Tall tube (cong 琮)" to "Tube (cong 琮)."