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Two-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; low heavy form; narrow projecting collar at both ends with hollowed areas; mottled light and dark tans, orange, and cream; decoration: channeled and incised, grooves, bands and circles. (Corner broken.)
National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineTwo-tier tube (<em>cong</em> 琮) with masks. ca. 3300-ca. 2250 BCE. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Gift of Charles Lang Freer. CC0.
