Three-tier tube (<em>cong</em> 琮)
- Medium
- Jade (nephrite (actinolite/tremolite) (may be weathered or have surface organics))
- Genre
- Ceremonial object
Styles
Tags
nephriteChinese ArtjadeArtLate Neolithic period (ca. 5000 - ca. 1700 BCE)Charles Lang Freer collection
About
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.)