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Cong-shaped bead
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Cong-shaped bead

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.

About this work

Miniture ts’ung [cong] 琮; bead in form of miniature squared, hollow cylinder of the type ts’ung [cong] 琮; mottled yellow and brown; decoration: short horizontal grooves at edges; high luster. (Old chip on edge.) One of a set of nine; see F1916.384 and F1916.759–766.

National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own description
Credit lineCong-shaped bead. ca. 3300-2250 BCE. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Gift of Charles Lang Freer. CC0.

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