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Tube (<em>cong</em> 琮)
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Tube (<em>cong</em> 琮)

ca. 3300-ca. 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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Squared, hollow cylinder of the type ts’ung [cong] 琮; ends flat; proportions irregular; uneven boring leaving deep ledge in interior; black and blackish brown with iridescent, golden brown flecks; silvery incrustation; surface worn and roughened with irregularities; decoration: channeled grooves and notches.

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