National Museum of Asian Art
Three-tier tube (<em>cong</em> 琮)
ca. 3300-ca. 2250 BCE
Squared, hollow cylinder of the type ts’ung [cong] 琮; projecting squared collar with rounded corners at both ends; perforation conically bored leaving irregularities in interior; sand colored with traces of gray and reddish brown; white incrustation; decoration: channeled and incised, grooves and bands; advanced decomposition leaving rough granular surface and obliterating most of the decoration except on one side. (Breaks and extensive surface erosion.)
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