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Three-tier tube (<em>cong</em> 琮)
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Three-tier tube (<em>cong</em> 琮)

ca. 3300-ca. 2250 BCE · Jade (nephrite (actinolite/tremolite) (may be weathered or have surface organics))

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; projecting squared collar with rounded corners at both ends; perforation conically bored leaving irregularities in interior; sand colored with traces of gray and reddish brown; white incrustation; decoration: channeled and incised, grooves and bands; advanced decomposition leaving rough granular surface and obliterating most of the decoration except on one side. (Breaks and extensive surface erosion.)

National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own description
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Ceremonial objects
Credit lineThree-tier tube (<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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