• Tube (cong 琮)
  • Tube (cong 琮)
  • Tube (cong 琮)

Tube (cong 琮)

Classification
Ceremonial Object
Medium
Calcite
Dimension(s)
H x W x D: 6.5 × 6.8 × 6.7 cm (2 9/16 × 2 11/16 × 2 5/8 in) Diam (hole): 5.2 cm (2 1/16 in)
Origin
China, purportedly excavated in Chilin province
Notes
purportedly excavated in Chilin province
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1917.369


年代未知
中國,傳吉林出土
方解石
高6.5、寬6.8、厚6.7 釐米;孔徑5.2 釐米

查爾斯·蘭·佛利爾贈送
器物編號:F1917.369

On View Location
Currently not on view
Provenance
Previous owner(s)
You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (C.L. Freer source) (late 19th-early 20th century)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Description
Squared, hollow cylinder of the type ts’ung [cong] 琮; projecting collar at both ends; under color ivory partially covered with surface color of reddish brown, darker in the veins; two gray areas on corners.
Curatorial Remarks
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