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Five-tier tube (<em>cong</em> 琮) with masks
From the collection of National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler). Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Squared hollow cylinder of the type ts’ung [cong] 琮; short projecting collar at top and base; interior has circular boring marks and irregular median ridge; mottled orange, yellow, reddish and dark browns; decoration: channeled and incised, vertical grooves on sides, bands, grooves and circles on corners. (Scattered chips and small surface defects.)
National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineFive-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.
