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    "localId": "95096",
    "label": "Ceremonial Tube (Cong)",
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    "id": "95096",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Ceremonial Tube (Cong)",
    "description": "The cong, a cylindrical tube with a square outer section, was one of the most impressive jade implements used in ancient rites. The ritual text Rites of Zhou mentions the use of the cong for the worship of the earth. However, its function and meaning in the earlier Neolithic societies are not completely understood.",
    "date": "c. 1600–1056 BCE",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.630",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60761182"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Jade"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1915.630/1915.630_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1915.630/1915.630_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 20.6 cm (8 1/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "China, Shang dynasty (c. 1600–c. 1046 BCE)"
    ],
    "accession": "1915.63"
}

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    "tec": "jade (nephrite)",
    "tombstone": "Ceremonial Tube (Cong) (玉琮), c. 1600–1056 BCE. China, Shang dynasty (c. 1600–c. 1046 BCE). Jade (nephrite); overall: 20.6 cm (8 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1915.630",
    "titleInOriginalLanguage": "玉琮",
    "collection": "China - Shang Dynasty",
    "didYouKnow": "The Interior cavity of this piece of jade was bored from both ends, making an irregular ridge near the center.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Wilson, J. Keith. \"Lithic Art in the Bronze Age: A Jade Dagger-Axe.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 77, no. 1 (1990): 2-35.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 31, p. 3",
            "url": "https://www.jstor.org/stable/25160102"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.630",
    "creditline": "Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:04:50.541000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1915.630/1915.630_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 95096,
    "dept": "Chinese Art",
    "coll": "China - Shang Dynasty",
    "med": "jade (nephrite)",
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    "image_url": null
}

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