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Six-tier tube (<em>cong</em> 琮) with masks
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Six-tier tube (<em>cong</em> 琮) with masks

ca. 3300-2250 BCE · Jade (nephrite)

From the collection of National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler). Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Tall, squared, hollow cylinder of the type ts'ung [cong] 琮; projecting collar at top, wider at base; mottled black,browns, red, and tan; decoration: channeled and incised, vertical grooves on sides, horizontal grooves, bands, and circles at corners, traces of meander pattern. (Extensive breaks at both ends; surface cracks and damage.)

National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own description
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Ceremonial objects
Credit lineSix-tier tube (<em>cong</em> 琮) with masks. ca. 3300-2250 BCE. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Gift of Charles Lang Freer. CC0.
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