新石器时代良渚文化 玉琮
Unknown Artist
Among Neolithic jades, the cong displays the most complex form: a cylindrical tube encased in a square prism that gently tapers from top to bottom. Simple masks with circular eyes and bar-shaped mouths decorate the corners. Enigmatic in function and meaning, the cong probably signified wealth and social status. In a tomb found at Sidun, Jiangsu Province, numerous cong lay in a circle around the dead, suggesting that they also served a religious or ritual purpose.
Credit: Purchase, Sir Joseph Hotung Gift, 2004
c. 2400 B.C.
Jade (nephrite)
25.4cm
2004.52
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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