Cong

3rd millennium BCE (Neolithic)

7.6 cm 16.5 cm 7.6 cm

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Among the jades from the 3rd millennium BCE, the cong displays the most complex form: a cylinder encased in a square that gently tapers from top to bottom. Simple masks with circular eyes and rectangular mouths decorate the corners. Primarily found in burials and buried caches...

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Dr. John C. Ferguson Collection Sale, American Art Association, April 7, 1916, no. 57; Henry Walters, Baltimore, April 7, 1916, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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