National Museum of Asian Art
Five-tier tube (<em>cong</em> 琮) with masks
ca. 3300-2250 BCE
Squared, hollow cylinder of the type ts’ung [cong] 琮; tall form with wide projecting collar at both ends; richly mottled tones of pale to dark brown with traces of green and yellow; decoration: channeled and incised, grooves and corner ridges, circles, linear and meander patterns. (Collar and corners chipped.)
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